“He now aspires to live a normal life with his partner and his two children”, in France, declared his lawyer.
Le Monde with AFP
He wants to turn the page. The robber Antonio Ferrara, a figure of organized crime nicknamed the “king of the beautiful” for having escaped twice in prison, came out of detention on Friday July 8, after having served his sentence.
At 48, Antonio Ferrara was sentenced and acquitted several times for robberies. He went out from prison nineteen years after his spectacular escape from Fresnes during a commando operation in the spring of 2003. His run had lasted four months. He came out “around 10 am” from Réau prison (Seine-et-Marne), told the France Press agency his lawyer, Amar Bouaou, confirming information from Display of the Sunday and Europe 1 .
“It is a relief for him and all of his relatives after a very very long period of detention,” reacted the council. “He was able to go out a little before the end of his sentence thanks to a confusion of sentences” and a “change of course” during his detention, where he showed “exemplary behavior”, added the lawyer. “He now aspires to live a normal life with his partner and his two children”, in France, he concluded, adding that Antonio Ferrara was preparing to join his wife.
A union source confirms the “peaceful” behavior of Antonio Ferrara in detention at Réau prison in recent years. Coincidentally, he was in a visiting room in Réau, not far from Redoine Faïd, when this other famous robber fled by helicopter under the nose of his guards in 2018. Antonio Ferrara had wisely returned to his cell, recalls this source.
Convictions and acquittals
Born October 12, 1973 in southern Italy, installed with his family in Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne), Antonio Ferrara was sentenced for robberies, for an attempted murder as well as For his two escapes. On the other hand, he was acquitted in three cases of robbery of armored vans in 2009 and a post office in 2012.
He had escaped the first time from Fleury-Mérogis prison (Essonne) in 1998 during a transfer to the hospital, then experiencing a long run until 2002. March 12, 2003 , he had escaped from the prison of Fresnes (Val-de-Marne) with the help of accomplices disguised as police officers who attacked the establishment with a rocket launcher. It will be taken up four months later.