Pau Rigaud, the elderly man who killed a burglar who entered his house, after he was found innocent: “they ruined my life”

DSix years of judicial ordeal, Pau RigaudThe 84-year-old was found not guilty by a people’s jury last week. Despite the positive verdict, the old man is not at all happy and as explained in an interview for the program ‘sedigo 10’, where He complains about all the years of suffering Because of the shooting of a thief who entered his house.

The events took place on February 24, 2018, on any night. The fear that he and his wife would be killed led him to act in the presence of the thief. “They ruined my life and I can’t have it anymore. I had no intention of shooting anyone, I thought they would kill us both,” he said in “code 10”.

Pau Rigaud, the tension between emergency calls

The man made several calls to 112 as soon as he discovered the presence of Thieves in his house, namely in the garden. The criminals came in and They locked his wife in one of the rooms, While forcing Pao RIGO to open his safe to take all the money.

In the midst of this chaos, the old man I was afraid for his life, Considering that they will not let themselves out. The tension prompted him to shoot one of the robbers, while the rest went on the run. Since then, a nightmare began in the courts. Convicted in September 2023, But was acquitted three months later.

This verdict was overturned due to the failure at the trial, and now, at the retrial, a popular jury found him not guilty of murder. “Please come. That these people have now come with reinforcements and guns and they will kill us“, It was the words that PAO Rigo repeated for emergencies in the many calls he made, but the customers were slow to arrive, and when they did, it was already too late.