Four defendants are on trial for the crime in which a man was attacked at his own home. The two main defendants then forced him to contact jewellers on his behalf so they could steal expensive watches. They then abducted a hostage and drove to Paris. The hostage testified in court on Wednesday.
The man said he could understand that some people found that he had behaved strangely. He had linked the perpetrators to the main victim who had been sequestrated at his home. The next day, all parties had met at the premises of a trustee in Mühlenbach, where the physical condition of the victim had stopped him.
On the second day of the hostage-taking, all the protagonists had gone to a meeting room, where the two criminals had taken out weapons and told the others to leave their valuables on the table. Then they were taken to the cellar, except the hostage, who had stayed with the two main defendants. When the President of the Court asked him if he put on a jacket filled with explosives, the man said yes.
The thieves then took the man with them as a hostage, expecting to release him once they had crossed the border, but the release did not occur until they reached Paris. The man described one of his abductors as more friendly, the other more nervous.
The more nervous individual had already admitted guilt during his own statement. The other defendant had suggested the crime and he had gone along with it. They were said to have done the same thing in Paris prior to the Luxembourg robbery. However, the defendant claimed he had not known details and it was not confirmed how much they would receive.
The defendant accumulated between €40,000 and €50,000, as well as a watch after the theft. He said he had come to Luxembourg for just a few hours at the main victim's home and had not been lucid enough to leave.
