British conman sentenced to six years for ramming police with car in France

Robert Hendy-Freegard, the subject of a Netflix documentary, injured two gendarmes at his home in 2022A British conman who featured in a Netflix documentary has been sentenced to six years in prison by a French court for deliberately ramming two French police officers with his car as he attempted a getaway.Robert Hendy-Freegard, 53, nicknamed the Puppet Master because of his career as a serial swindler, made his escape after injuring the gendarmes at his home in the Creuse, in central France. Continue reading...

British conman sentenced to six years for ramming police with car in France

Robert Hendy-Freegard, the subject of a Netflix documentary, injured two gendarmes at his home in 2022

A British conman who featured in a Netflix documentary has been sentenced to six years in prison by a French court for deliberately ramming two French police officers with his car as he attempted a getaway.

Robert Hendy-Freegard, 53, nicknamed the Puppet Master because of his career as a serial swindler, made his escape after injuring the gendarmes at his home in the Creuse, in central France. Continue reading...