Almost everything looks a little lost. The reason is that among the eleven defendants aged 22 to 53 years who were tried since Wednesday at the Évry-Courcouronnes court, very few knew each other. However, they were accused of purchasing weapons illegally, or modifying non-lethal weapons into weapons for murder. This Thursday, prosecutors asked for sentences ranging from six months to five years in prison, along with fines of several thousand euros. At the heart of this traffic is Mathieu D., a 22-year-old student who re-militarizes weapons in the family’s apartment in Grigny and another actor with an unusual profile.
Supervisor, postman, student… A curious profile of the clients of the arms trade in Essonne
