Article 6V38J British conman sentenced to six years for ramming police with car in France

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

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Kim Willsher in Paris
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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 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.

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