The court of Lucca has issued sentences ranging from 6 to 10 years for the robbers of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. The assault took place in April 2022 along the Darsena di Viareggio: the Scuderia Ferrari driver was robbed of a precious Richard Mille chronograph worth 2 million euros. A 40-year-old and a 20-year-old have been sentenced to 10 and 8 years, respectively, and a 30-year-old to 6 years and 5 months. Another 30-year-old will go through the ordinary trial process.
The watch was later found in Spain. Some defendants had been accused of an attempted robbery of a resident of Lucca in April 2022 and the robbery in August 2021 in Forte dei Marmi against a French tourist. In that case, under the threat of a gun that fired two blank shots, the foreigner was deprived of a watch worth 80,000 euros.
Charles Leclerc’s Richard Mille timepiece was snatched while he paused to take pictures with fans in the Via Salvatori area of Italy in April 2022, on the Monday evening preceding that year’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
This incident mirrors a situation involving fellow Formula 1 driver Lando Norris, who had his own Richard Mille watch stolen in July 2021 following the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy at London’s Wembley Stadium. Furthermore, following the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, former Scuderia Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel experienced a theft of his bag, and subsequent attempts to locate it proved to be unsuccessful.
Click here for footage of Charles chasing after thieves who stole his watch
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