A court in Bobigny, north of Parissentenced three men to several months in prison on Tuesday for robbing fans during the chaos recorded on Saturday in the Champions League final and postponed the trial against three other Peruvian nationals.
The six individuals were the last remaining detainees of fifty who were provisionally arrested for the events that occurred near the Stade de Francein Saint-Denis, during the final of the renowned European championship in which the Real Madrid al Liverpool (1-0).
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The trial of the three Peruvians, aged 21, 26 and 39, was postponed due to “hearing overload” to July 5according to the court. They must appear for group robbery. When they were arrested, they were in possession of a large number of cell phones.
The two youngest live in Barcelona and explained that they “tourismed” in Paris. His goal “was to go to the Stade de France to steal phones,” the prosecutor said.
They were placed under a warrant of detention pending trial because they had “no link in France”said the president of the court.
The 39-year-old Peruvian was placed under judicial supervision. He has been living in Bobigny at his partner’s house and on Monday he had an appointment at the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) for his asylum application.
Of the three convicted, a 25-year-old man, whose nationality was not specified, was sentenced to ten months in prison for violently stealing a watch valued at $48,300 from a Mexican spectator.
A 34-year-old Palestinian was sentenced to 10 months in jail and will be expelled from the country for ripping the necklace off a British man; and the third, a 24-year-old Algerian, to 6 months for stealing the mobile phone of a British fan.
The French authorities are in the spotlight for the scenes of chaos and panic that went around the world, especially when Paris is to host the Olympic Games in 2024 and the Stade de France is one of its main venues.
France He defended himself on Monday from the chaos recorded on Saturday during the Champions League final, assuring that there was a “massive fraud” of “false tickets” and that the criticized police action prevented “deaths.”