A 54-year-old prisoner escaped Monday from the semi-open prison of Mauzac (Dordogne), where he was serving a 28-year prison sentence for a double murder.
The detainee who escaped Monday March 13 from Mauzac prison (Dordogne) is 54 years old, learned France Bleu Périgord. Philippe Dubois is serving a 28-year sentence for murder and kidnapping in Nice in 2002. He was convicted on appeal in 2008. During these trials, at the assizes and on appeal, Philippe Dubois was defended in particular by the current Minister of Justice , master Eric Dupond-Moretti. According to information from France Bleu Azur, Philippe Dubois was released in three years.
“The search is intensifying to locate and arrest” Philippe Dubois, indicates the parquet floor of Bergerac in a press release. The investigation was entrusted to the Bergerac research brigade and the Lalinde gendarmerie brigade in order, in particular, to “to identify any complicity from which he may have benefited” to escape.
Sentenced for killing his landlady and her son
This 54-year-old man is serving a 28-year sentence for murder and armed robbery. He was found guilty of the murder of his owner and her son in Nice in 2002. At the assizes, Philippe Dubois was in the dock with two accomplices, Laurent Gauvin and his father Patrick Gauvin. According to investigators, the two victims rented agricultural land and their income brought them more than 12,000 euros per month. This sum has fueled the lusts of the three men. He was convicted on appeal in 2008.
During his trials, at the assizes and on appeal, Philippe Dubois had been defended in particular by the current Keeper of the Seals, Master Eric Dupond-Moretti. According to information from France Bleu Azur, he was released in three years.
He was working on a construction site when he escaped
Philippe Dubois had benefited from a sentence adjustment measure validated by a sentence enforcement judge, franceinfo learned on Tuesday from a source familiar with the matter. This prisoner worked on a construction site during the day and slept in Mauzac prison at night. Since last February, he had been receiving training in a farm-school in the Mauzac detention center. The detainee was doing horticultural work in an area located on the prison right-of-way but outside the secure and closed detention area, said the Bergerac prosecution.
This Monday, he showed up at his place of work at 1 p.m. but two hours later he had disappeared during the 3 p.m. roll call. The search is intensifying to locate and arrest the 50-year-old, indicates the Bergerac prosecution. Investigators are also trying to find out if he was able to benefit from accomplices.
Incarcerated in an atypical prison
The Mauzac prison in which Philippe Dubois is incarcerated is atypical since it is a semi-open prison which accommodates men sentenced to heavy sentences. According to information from France Bleu Périgord, this prisoner arrived at Mauzac prison 10 months ago. Before that he was serving his sentence in Lot-et-Garonne. Philippe Dubois was transferred in September 2022 to Mauzac. His end of sentence was set for May 2026, the prosecution said.
Investigators are now trying to find out why this man at the end of his sentence fled. During the last sentencing commission, he had been refused a request for leave by the Bergerac sentencing judge, the prosecution said.