A young repeat offender arrested for attacking a taxi in Yvelines – 09/04/2022 at 04:55
A taxi from Pertuis takes part in a gathering of hundreds of “angry” taxis from the south of France in front of the Vaucluse prefecture in Avignon on March 1, 2011 to denounce competition deemed “unfair” from a carrier to low costs, Easy Take. At the heart of the conflict, the activity of Easy Take, occurred in January 2010 in Avignon which would have reduced the activity of local taxis by 30%, according to Jean Capezza, president of the Union of craftsmen-taxis of Vaucluse. AFP PHOTO/GERARD JULIEN A taxi from Pertuis takes part in a gathering of hundreds of “angry” taxis from the south of France in front of the Vaucluse prefecture in Avignon on March 1, 2011, to denounce competition deemed “unfair” by low-cost carrier, Easy Take. At the heart of the conflict, the activity of Easy Take, occurred in January 2010 in Avignon which would have reduced the activity of local taxis by 30%, according to Jean Capezza, president of the Union of craftsmen-taxis of Vaucluse. AFP PHOTO/GERARD JULIEN ( AFP / GERARD JULIEN )
A 24-year-old man, convicted in 2014 for the murder of a teenager, was arrested on Friday for the assault on a taxi driver in Yvelines two days earlier, AFP informed Saturday from concordant sources, confirming information from Franceinfo.
The taxi driver, injured in the neck by a cutter but out of danger, was attacked overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Saint-Forget (Yvelines).
The attacker, whom the driver had picked up at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, then stole the taxi, according to the gendarmes.
An investigation has been opened for attempted murder and armed robbery.
Thanks to the telephone terminals, the suspect was arrested Friday in Normandy, in possession of the stolen car, by the gendarmes of the research section of Versailles, according to the parquet floor of Versailles requested by AFP.
Sentenced in 2014 to twenty-two years’ imprisonment for the murder of a 14-year-old teenager in the Doubs in 2012, he was considered to have escaped, said the prosecution, after a day’s leave at the end of which he had not returned to his prison.
The young man was taken into custody.