Robert Hendy Freegard appeals his extradition from Belgium, after overthrowing 2 gendarmes in Creuse
The international scammer who was arrested on Friday September 2, 2022 is appealing his extradition from Belgium to France. The procedure could be extended for several weeks.
Thursday, September 15, the Brussels council chamber authorized the extradition of Robert Hendy-Freegard to France. He had 24 hours to appeal. The decision was notified to him on Friday. Given the weekend, he therefore had until Monday to let it be known whether or not he agreed to return to France.
He was arrested on September 2 during a roadside check near Brussels. He was the subject of a European arrest warrant.
We learn this morning that the one who is suspected of having overthrown two gendarmes in the town of Vidaillat (23) on August 25, is appealing the decision of the Belgian justice. The procedure could therefore be delayed by several weeks.
Once back in France, Robert-Hendy Freegard should be presented to the judge of freedoms and the closest jurisdiction in Belgium, probably that of Lille according to Anne Kostomaroff, public prosecutor of Limoges. He should then be taken to the Limoges remand center. The investigating judge in charge of the case will then have 24 hours to receive it.
The man faces the Assize Court and 30 years in prison.
On August 25, 2022, the Creuse veterinary services came to a small hamlet in the town of Vidaillat to seize 26 beagle dogs. The animals lived in cages on the ground floor of a dilapidated house in deplorable conditions.
The operation also allowed the children of the woman who kept the animals to recover their mother to bring her back to Great Britain. He had found her in July 2022 after 8 years of disappearance. Sandra was apparently under the influence of Freegard, already sentenced to 9 years in prison in Great Britain for having extracted a million pounds sterling from several victims.
On the morning of August 25, Sandra allegedly called Freegard to tell him that her dogs were going to be seized. The man then found himself in Great Britain where his phone was born. He went down very quickly to Creuse where he arrived around 3 p.m.
He introduced himself to the gendarmes as a former MI5 (British secret service) agent. The latter kept him away so that he did not disturb the seizure of the dogs and confiscated his passport, before telling him that they were going to hear him at the gendarmerie.
Robert Hendy-Freegard took advantage of a moment of hesitation to get into his car and start off with a bang. He then hit two gendarmes. The first was slightly injured. The head of the second hit the windshield. He managed to eject after 32 meters.