Nightmare night for a couple and their two little girls in Saiguède near Toulouse, the trial begins
They robbed a couple and their two fillets in Saiguède in the southwest of Toulouse in June 2019. The Assize Court of Haute-Garonne judges for three days, from March 7 to 9, four men aged 23 to 25. Two of them admit the facts. The victims explained to the investigators that they had lived through a real nightmare.
Burst into sleeping parents’ bedroom
The robbery occurs in the middle of the night when all the household sleeps. The father, the mother and the two little girls of 1 and 6 years old. The four hooded and armed thieves break into the family home, enter the parents’ room screaming, threaten them, force them to crawl almost naked in search of cash and a safe. Terrorized, the oldest of the children hides under her bed. The facts lasting in all and for all about twenty minutes.
The robbers are distributed with a gold chain, cigarettes, handbag, wallet, 350 euros in cash, weapons and two vehicles: a Hummer and a BMW. Victims speak of aggressors”stressed and unprofessional“, the investigation showed that they were disorganized and acted in haste. Confused by the video and the telephone, one of them will say after being arrested “to have thought that there was a chest as the house was so pretty“.
The defense is provided by Me Jean-Yves Gougnaud. While the civil parties are represented by Me Frédéric David.