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19-Year-Old Murder Suspect Who Fled Versailles Tribunal Captured in Le Cannet

The arrest in Le Cannet concludes a two-week nationwide hunt led by the Division de la criminalité organisée et spécialisée

Cet homme avait demandé aux effectifs du dépôt d’aller aux toilettes dans l’attente du délibéré de son procès, selon une source policière. Il en a profité pour s’évader.
Le tribunal judiciaire de Versailles, dans les Yvelines, le 25 octobre 2024.

Overview

  • Angel T. slipped away from the Versailles tribunal on June 6 during a bathroom break when officers removed his handcuffs ahead of a detention hearing.
  • He had been awaiting a ruling on charges that he stabbed a neighbour in Verneuil-sur-Seine in January 2025.
  • The Division de la criminalité organisée et spécialisée opened an escape investigation and worked with the Brigade de répression du banditisme de Versailles to locate him.
  • Technical surveillance and CCTV analysis led officers to his mother’s home in Le Cannet, where the Brigade de recherche et d’intervention de Nice arrested him on June 20.
  • He is set to appear before the Nice tribunal for the execution of his arrest warrant and will then face a new detention hearing.