Toulouse. Responsible for an accident, he follows, sets his vehicle on fire… and files a complaint
By Quentin Marais
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It was not, in fact, than a lie. The story dates back to October 2019, when a man filed a complaint, Toulouse, for a case of theft and fire of vehicle. He said he was the victim…
An accident and a burning car
In the middle of a night fall 2019, a crash occurs on the device. Several vehicles were involved, and one driver was slightly injured. The man driving the BMW that caused these shocks, runs away before the police arrived. The car is found burnt.
A complaint lodged
A few days later, a complaint is filed by a person who claims to have been a victim the violent theft of his vehicle at the exit of a nightclub, near Montaudran. He tells the police that following a punch in the face, the keys to his car fell to the ground, before being picked up by his attacker, who took then the leak by stealing his four-wheeler.
Imaginary denunciation
But the investigators of the Left Bank judicial support group will unmask the individual. It was a false statement, and it was indeed the man who came to lodge the complaint who was driving of the car responsible for the accident, at the end of October 2019.
His girlfriend at the time was even implicated saying she witnessed the (fake) assault, but she did not confirm this version with the police.
The latter also obtained another testimony, that of a person present at the scene of the accident. She formally recognized this same individual, who therefore invented everything. He was certainly drunk at the time of the events, since he took care to take with him, just before setting fire to his vehicle, empty bottles of alcohol.
Misrepresentation to insurance
insurance also decided to file a complaint against this 32-year-old man, already known to the police. Indeed, he not only tried to fool the police station, since his insurance had paid him, at first, 4,500 euros following his declaration, which was therefore false. He will be summoned to court in February 2023.
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