Moroccan Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Violent Robbery of Elderly Woman in Béziers

The events had taken place on October 17. That day, an 84-year-old woman was accosted by a young man who snatched her necklace and her handbag in the center of Béziers. The aggressor had caused her a fractured wrist (three weeks of ITT). Surveillance cameras allowed the investigators to arrest him and place him in custody.

The victim’s handbag and personal effects had been found during the search carried out at his home, which he was squatting, indicates the public prosecutor’s office, specifying that the defendant admitted the facts. He explained that he had acted under the influence of alcohol, and indicated that he wanted to apologize to the victim.

On Wednesday, the quadragenarian appeared before the Béziers criminal court. At the end of the hearing, he was sentenced to four years in prison with a committal order, and a permanent ban from French territory, where he is in an irregular situation, reports 20 minutes.