The defendant only opposed the criminal case, not the civil case. She therefore recognizes the theft and the debt she now owes to the victim. The opposition therefore aims only to avoid the prison sentence. The defense also pleaded a simple suspension of the pronouncement or a work sentence, two sanctions which do not appear in the criminal record… “Vanessa lost her job at the time, but she bounced back, resumed her studies and she works now in a retirement home. She even started to repay.
This information rather worries the prosecution: “She already has 5 convictions on her criminal record And we opened two files for fraud against her in 2019 and 2020, which were dismissed for lack of information. It bothers me that she’s working with old people again. At the time of the first facts, when his victim was surprised by the withdrawals from his account, she had written a letter, pretending to be one of the bank’s financial advisers, to reassure him about the state of his accounts. …” In short, substitute Camille Garcez requested confirmation of the prison sentence which had been pronounced by default.
Judgment will be delivered on March 20.