The facts date back to Monday. Around 12:30 p.m., an 89-year-old person was found unresponsive in front of his building in the west of Cannes. Faintness ? Bad fall? On the CCTV images, the caretaker of the residence discovers that the old lady, heavily injured but whose days are not in danger, was in fact the victim of a particularly violent attack. And perpetrated by three minors aged 14 and 15.
One of the boys punched her in the face causing her to fall, the second stole her purse while the other filmed the scene before leaving her for dead, unconscious, on the ground. The last two were arrested on Wednesday after the first, who was actively sought, was taken to the police station by his family on Tuesday. All three were referred this Thursday afternoon, announces the Grasse prosecutor’s office. And they will have to answer for their actions in juvenile court on November 30.
Concerned by another case of attempted theft
The three accused will be prosecuted in particular for “aggravated violence committed to the detriment of a particularly vulnerable person”. They were, as part of their judicial review, placed in closed educational centers (Marseille, Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne). The Grasse prosecutor’s office specifies that the author of the blows, aged 14, and the one who stole the bag, 15, are also involved in another case: an attempted theft with damage committed in a meeting on July 27.
In the meantime, the octogenarian remains hospitalized. She suffers from “ecchymoses, erosions to the limbs and significant craniofacial trauma with contusions”, according to the findings of a medical examiner who fixed the total incapacity for work at 7 days.