At the trial of Redoine Faïd, before the Paris Assize Court, the repeat robber spoke this Friday, September 8, 2023. Tried for his spectacular escape from Réau prison (Seine-et-Marne), in 2018, he explained for almost five hours about his journey, his life, mainly in prison. The man, aged 51, has already spent 20 years behind bars.
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“ I’m a freedom junkiespear Redoine Faïd from his box. It’s an addiction I can’t cure. “. An addiction that led him to consider escaping in the early 2000s and look beautiful in 2013 And in 2018. Prison is a disaster », justifies the robber, in total isolation for years. “ I am in a living walled concrete sarcophagus. I have nothing to do. No physical contact with anyone “.
“I am a freedom junkie. It is an addiction that I accept, which consumes me, from which I cannot cure and which creates damage in my first circle, in my 2nd circle and beyond. I will take my responsibilities.”
— MdeLaMoissonniere (@MarineAmericas) September 8, 2023
Inexhaustible on the question of his seclusion, words do not come out, however, when it comes to talking about the tragedies of his life. The illness then the death of his mother, the departure of his father and finally the death of his big sister who had taken care of all the siblings.
“ You are responsible for your conditions of detention »
However, Rédoine Faïd, 51 years old, green sweater and shaved head, indicates at the start of her personality interrogation that she wants “ apologize to [s]our brother Rachid and the members of [s]to the family who showed up » to testify on the stand. His brother Rachid, 65, at his side in the box, is accused of having organized his spectacular escape.
Regarding delinquency, he just evokes a gear from which he did not know how to get out. The President recalls the many crimes for which he was convicted. “ You are responsible for your conditions of detention », says the attorney general. Rédoine Faïd gets angry: “ I am neither a rapist, nor a murderer, nor a terrorist “and yet, “ I am treated like the worst scoundrel “. “ I am disgusted to still be in the Court of Assizes, to have again committed the irreparable “, also assures the robber, of which this is far from being the first trial.
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