Redoine Faid escaped from a prison in Seine-et-Marne on Sunday.

Redoine Faid, 46, on Sunday, escaped from the prison in Réau (Seine-et-Marne) dramatically. Several accomplices escaped with the help of a helicopter in a jail break that lasted barely a few minutes . But this is not his first time: he has already been sentenced for robbery and prison break before. 

Redoine Faid Profile of a professional robber. 

1995 – First robbery

At 23, Redoine Faïd shoots a BNP agency in his hometown of Creil (Oise), taking hostage the family of the director of the bank . 

1996-1998 – Braking and sentencing

In 1996, he directs a computer company Evry. The following year, he attacked an armored van in Villepinte and was arrested in 1998 . He is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. 

2010 – Redoine the repented

In 2009, Redoine Faïd presents himself as a repentant criminal after receiving a conditional release. He publishes a book “Robber, cities to crime” and promoted it in the media. 

June 2011 – The death of Aurélie Fouquet

Arrest in Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Redoine Faïd is suspected of being the brain of the attempted robbery of Villiers-sur-Marne in May 2010 when the municipal police Aurélie Fouquet, 26, was shot . 

April 13, 2013 – The first escape

Redoine Faïd escaped from the Sequedin prison near Lille (North) in a spectacular way: he detonated several prison gates and held four people hostage. He was arrested in a hotel in Seine-et-Marne on May 29, 2013. 

April 14, 2016 – Conviction for the murder of Aurélie Fouquet

Redoine Faïd was first sentenced by the Paris Assize court to 18 years in prison for the murder of the municipal policewoman, Aurélie Fouquet, in June 2011. On appeal, he finally received 25 years’ imprisonment, conviction pronounced quite recently, in April 2018.   

2017 – Convictions for a robbery and his first escape

In March 2017, Redoine Faïd was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his escape from Sequedin prison in 2013. He was arrested a few months later, in October 2017, and sentenced to 18 years in prison for the robbery of an armored van in the Pas-de-Calais in 2011.