Gilles Bertin Explained

Gilles Bertin
Birth Date:25 March 1961
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Barcelona, Spain
Nationality:French
Occupation:Musician
Singer

Gilles Bertin (25 March 1961 – 7 November 2019) was a French musician and singer, and a member of the punk band Camera Silens from 1981 to 1986.[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Born in Paris on 25 March 1961, Bertin moved to Bordeaux with his parents as a teenager. In Bordeaux, he founded the punk band Camera Silens as a bassist and a singer.[4] The band enjoyed significant success in the French punk rock scene.[5] After he became a drug addict and tested HIV positive, he fell into delinquency.[6] [7] [8]

On 27 April 1988, Bertin participated in a robbery on the Toulouse department of Brink's along with a dozen other robbers, after two years of preparation.[9] The group stole 11,571,316 francs, despite never firing a shot. To this day, most of the loot has never been found. After police launched "Operation Sangria", all participants of the robbery were arrested within two years, except for Bertin.[10] He fled to Spain, and then later, Portugal while running a record shop dedicated to alternative rock. In 1995, Bertin fell ill with AIDS, but survived thanks to tritherapy. In 2000, he returned to Barcelona and worked in a bar owned by his family while living under several identities.[11] [12]

On 26 November 2016, Bertin returned to France to face justice.[13] [14] His trial began on 6 June 2018, and he faced 20 years imprisonment.[15] However, Bertin was only sentenced to five years with suspension, after the prosecution cited "good conduct."[16] [17]

In February 2019, Bertin published an autobiography, titled Trente ans de cavale, ma vie de punk with the publisher Éditions Robert Laffont.[18] [19] [20]

On 7 November 2019, Gilles Bertin succumbed to AIDS after spending several weeks in a coma.[21] [22] [23] He was 58.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rencontre exclusive avec Gilles Bertin, chanteur du groupe Camera Silens. 6 June 2018. Infos Toulouse. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143703/http://infos-toulouse.fr/2018/06/06/camera-silens-gilles-bertin-entretien/. 12 June 2018.
  2. News: Gilles Bertin, enfant du punk bordelais et ex-braqueur de la Brink's, est mort. 17 February 2019. SudOuest.fr. French. Lafon . Cathy .
  3. Web site: Gilles Bertin. JeSuisMort.com. French.
  4. Web site: Gilles Bertin, Punk pas Mort. 19 March 2019. Libération.fr. French.
  5. Web site: Camera Silens. 2 October 2013. Rock Made in France. French.
  6. Web site: Fin de cavale d'un punk qui voulait "vivre à fond". 23 November 2016. Libération.fr. French.
  7. Web site: L'incroyable histoire du chanteur de Camera Silens retracée dans un documentaire audio. 8 January 2019. Les Inrockuptibles. French.
  8. Web site: Les années punk, drogue and Brink's. 5 January 2019. France Culture. French.
  9. Web site: Casse de la Brink's : Gilles Bertin condamné à cinq ans de sursis, trente ans après le braquage. 6 June 2018. Le Monde. French.
  10. Web site: Ces fugitifs célèbres : Gilles Bertin, un punk en cavale pendant 30 ans. 13 July 2019. Le Parisien. French.
  11. Web site: La cavale de Didier Ballet. 6 January 2019. France Culture. French.
  12. Web site: L'incroyable vie en cavale de Gilles Bertin, braqueur de la Brink's de Toulouse en 1988. 24 February 2019. Midi Libre. French.
  13. Web site: Cinq ans avec sursis pour Gilles Bertin, l'ex-braqueur revenu de cavale. 6 June 2018. Libération.fr. French.
  14. Web site: Casse de la Brink's à Toulouse : Gilles Bertin condamné à 5 ans de prison avec sursis. 6 June 2018. France 3 Occitanie. French.
  15. Web site: Gilles Bertin condamné à 5 ans de prison avec sursis. 6 June 2018. L'Express. French.
  16. Web site: L'ex-punk braqueur n'ira pas en prison. 6 June 2018. Le Parisien. French.
  17. Web site: Gilles Bertin, ex-punk bordelais et braqueur en cavale, échappe à la prison ferme. 8 June 2018. Rue89Bordeaux. French.
  18. Web site: Casse de la Brinks à Toulouse : "La musique aurait dû me sauver", confie Gilles Bertin. 17 February 2019. Le Parisien. French.
  19. Web site: Gilles Bertin, le braqueur punk. 15 April 2019. France Inter. French.
  20. Web site: " Trente ans de cavale, ma vie de punk " de Gilles Bertin. 9 March 2019. Rock Made in France. French.
  21. News: Bordeaux : décès de Gilles Bertin, musicien punk et braqueur repenti. 7 November 2019. SudOuest.fr. French.
  22. Web site: Mort de Gilles Bertin, braqueur repenti et punk des années 1980. 8 November 2019. Le Monde. French.
  23. Web site: Gilles Bertin, chanteur punk et auteur d'un braquage en 1988, est mort à Barcelone. 8 November 2019. franceinfo.fr. French.

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