Octogenarians sequestered for less than $100

Axel Marchand-Lamothe

Sunday, February 4, 2018 21:33

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Four Montrealers were sentenced to heavy prison sentences Friday to have kidnapped and assaulted two octogenarians in Terrebonne three years ago, all of this for a loot of less than $100.

Zied Chaieb, 27-year-old Yassine Boubakra, 25 years, Jean-Philippe Martin, 29, and Mohammed Sonboldoust, 25, have all pleaded guilty to various charges, including forcible confinement and break and enter.

In a suggestion common in exchange for the guilty plea, four of the criminals received sentences of six years in penitentiary.

For its part, Chaieb has also pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of a weapon in limited use, adding two additional years to his sentence.

Skinny booty

On October 2, 2015, they waited for night to enter the residence of the two victims, aged 81 and 82, on the way Comtois in Terrebonne.

Gloved, masked and armed with a pistol and a crowbar, they broke into the bedroom of the couple at about 1 a.m. in the morning by smashing the window.

After having demanded the contents of the safety deposit box- it contained only papers, the criminals are taken physically to the two occupants of the residence.

According to the statement of facts filed in court, they have subsequently pushed the victims to the kitchen.

“One of the accused hit mr a slap in the face so strong that he fell on the side “, one can read in the document.

He was then threatened to the point of a gun.

Their loot is finally summarised to $ 60 in cash, bottles of alcohol and some jewelry after thirty minutes of terror.

Captured

It is a neighbour who alerted the police in identifying the presence of a suspicious vehicle, with the doors open and parked crooked in the entry.

Police quickly scoured the area with the help of handlers.

About two hours after he fled from the residence of the couple, three of the four robbers have been arrested in the middle of a field, hidden in the weeds.

The fourth suspect, Chaieb, has finally been apprehended in a phone booth in the morning.

Imprisoned since the beginning of the procedures, they will save 42 months in prison.

-With the collaboration of Christian Plouffe