“I no longer commit crimes”
Hesdy K who is on trial on an attempted theft charge admitted that he has a criminal record but claimed that he no longer leads a life of crime. “I no longer commit crimes,” said the defendant who claimed that he is an entrepreneur who is active in the construction sector. When he appeared in court this week a woman recognized him as the man who had opened one of the doors of her car to look for money and other valuables in the bag that was on the backseat. The owner of the car and a colleague had left their bags on the backseat before exiting the car. When the owner of the car turned around to look at her car of which she had left the engine running, she saw that one of the doors was open. She rushed back to her car and saw the defendant putting his hands in the bag of her colleague. When the defendant realized that he had been caught red-handed, he fled the scene in foot. The woman managed to take a picture of the suspect. The defendant who recognized himself on the picture confessed to being on the location but denied having broken into the woman’s car. He is scheduled to return to court in June.…[+]