Kinshasa: the bank robber Honorine Porsche sentenced to 10 years of prison

Kinshasa, November 26^th, 2025 (CPA)- Honorine Porsche, the perpetrator of a spectacular hold-up at a Rawbank branch in Place Victoire in the centre of Kinshasa, has been sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years’ imprisonment for terrorism, at a mobile court hearing before the Kinshasa-Gombe garrison military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ‘On these grounds, the court sentences the defendant Honorine Porsche to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for armed robbery and 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for terrorism, in application of article 7 of the military criminal code, and pronounces the single heaviest sentence of 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment’, has pronounced Major Freddy Eume, presiding judge. The defendant has been found guilty of the offences of terrorism and armed robbery committed during the robbery of the Rawbank branch on October 16^th. The court found in her favour mitigating circumstances relating to her young age and her cooperation with the law. Moreover, the court has confirmed his detention, with six months’ imprisonment in the event of non-payment of the 300,000 Congolese francs in court costs within eight clear days. The court has also ruled on civil interests, ordering Honorine Porsche to pay the equivalent of 100,000 US dollars to Rawbank and 5,000 US dollars to the plaintiff Bijou Bidore for damages suffered. It has ordered the confiscation of the toy weapon seized for the benefit of the Congolese State and the return of the defendant’s German passport. « The court orders the confiscation of the toy in the form of a seized weapon, lying in the case file, for the benefit of the Congolese State. It also orders the return of the German passport belonging to the defendant, Honorine Porsche », has declared the president of the court. Her co-accused have been acquitted, the court having found that the offences of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery against them had not been established. ‘The co-accused of Honorine Porsche, prosecuted for the same acts, have been found not guilty, the court finding that the offences of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery against them had not been established,‘ has indicated the presiding judge. Honorine Porsche and her co-defendants were charged with a number of offences, including terrorism, criminal conspiracy and armed robbery, all of which occurred on October 16th during the robbery of the Rawbank branch on Place Victoire in central Kinshasa.