Devil, he dresses at Loro Piana, the very chic ready-to-wear boutique in the Carré d’Or! Except that this 31-year-old young man, now converted into naval engineering, prefers to subtract fraudulently to adorn himself with valuable effects! This is the reason why he was compared before the criminal court of Monaco for having stolen a sweater and a scarf for a damage caused to 4,200 euros.
On November 5, the elegant Adonis came out of the posh store on the Allée François-Blanc after experimenting with various models. This practice, after all common during a purchase, allowed him to steal with the preciousness of the woolens which he concealed in his backpack acquired recently where the labeled price of 3,760 euros still appeared.
An average monthly salary of 7,500 euros
But in this kind of business, the employees are experienced in all looting techniques. Their surveillance remains discreet… Especially since their memory senses had recorded the disappearance, a few days earlier, of a 3,200 euro T-shirt by an individual with similar features. They alerted the security services to report the trickster suspected of improper intent who was quickly arrested.
The stolen items have been returned. However, such an offense by a person who has never been convicted, worries President Florestan Bellinzona. “Why come to this? Certainly, you have a fascination for luxury goods. But you earn a good living with an average monthly salary of 7,500 euros. When the police have checked you, you have more than 10,000 euros worth of effects of prestigious brands that you have normally acquired. What made you fly?”
The defendant, who has no apparent trait of the notorious offender, evokes at the bar a moment of bewilderment. The unexpected excitement for this lust for luxury would be due to the disturbing combination of his new place of residence and the abandonment of his military career.
“A solid, determined, competent element”
The magistrate shows a certain mistrust and remains skeptical of the values of spirit issued by the Transalpin. “I don’t see the possible linksays the president, with your arrival in Cap-d’Ail and a new profession of naval engineer…” The prosecution does not pay any attention to it and bases its requisitions on concrete. “This need for ultraluxury, deduces the first substitute Julien Pronier, would have caused significant damage to the store if he had been successful. On a kind of fashion victim! He should reflect on this situation and refrain from such acts if he does not want to find himself in court again, or even end up in a cell. 1,000 euro fine.”
How was the defense going to respond to so much evidence? By a well-made compromise, focused on past praise. “The facts are recognizedbalance Me Érika Bernardi, by an atypical defendant. After twelve years in the Italian navy, his hierarchical superiors are dithyrambic. He is described as a solid, determined, competent element, with an unfailing spirit of sacrifice and subject to abnegation. His lifestyle characterized by unbridled luxury? On Monegasque territory, a third of the population is dedicated to this insolent ostentatious pomp. My client has the right to be happy and to feel beautiful…”
“An impulsive move”
Does that allow him to fly? “It’s an impulsive moveargues the lawyer. He remains a human with his flaws. Did he seek compensatory adrenaline because he appears destabilized by all these consecutive changes on November 5? He feels ashamed, anxious to have done this improbable act. The sentence must be proportionate to the act committed and yield to his request to evade it on his criminal record, so as not to jeopardize his retraining.
The court preferred to follow the requisitions of the public prosecutor and granted the requested non-registration on the statement of convictions pronounced.