Leonard

Leonard is a recurring character in the first part of Lupin. He is portrayed by Adama Niane.

He is employed as an assassin by Hubert Pellegrini, and is responsible for the murder of Fabienne Beriot and the kidnapping of Raoul Diop.

1995
Leonard is briefly seen by Assane when he goes to visit Babakar in prison. Shortly afterward, the guards discover that Babakar has hanged himself in his cell.

Present day
After Pellegrini gives his press conference about the contents of the Malaysia tape, Leonard follows Fabienne (who had asked Pellegrini a pointed question about his responsibility for the Kuala Lumpur terror attack) as she is walking home. Fabienne believes that she has successfully evaded Leonard; however, he manages to find out where she lives.

When Pellegrini orders Leonard to track Assane down, he goes to Fabienne's house, telling her that he will kill her if she does not give up his location. After Fabienne refuses to do so, Leonard murders her and stages her death as a suicide by hanging, mirroring the manner in which the prison guards had found Babakar in 1995.

When Assane leaves his house on the morning of December 11th to go pick up Claire and Raoul, Leonard follows him. A chase ensues, during which Leonard and Assane sprint up several levels of a parking garage. Assane escapes by hiding from Leonard and then hopping across several roofs until Leonard has no hope of catching him.

Leonard manages to follow Assane, Claire and Raoul onto the train to Le Havre. He calls Pellegrini and asks him what he wants him to do; Pellegrini tells him to kill Assane but to leave Claire and Raoul alone. Assane notices Leonard's presence in a photo that Claire takes on the train. He gets up and begins loudly singing "Happy Birthday" to Raoul, looking pointedly at Leonard to alert him that he knows he is there. When Assane tells Claire that he is going to get drinks and leaves their car, Leonard follows him through the train. Upon reaching the end, Leonard is surprised when he is attacked by Assane, who has been hiding inside a storage room. The two begin to fight; as he is the significantly larger of the two, Assane overpowers Leonard and locks him inside the room.

Later, however, Leonard manages to escape, discreetly pulls a gun on Assane, and and sits down next to Raoul, asking him if he and his parents are going to the Arsène Lupin festival in Étretat; Raoul says that they are. As the train nears the station, Assane tells Claire and Raoul to get off ahead of him; Leonard tells Assane that they are going to disembark quietly. As soon as they exit the train, several police officers rush towards the pair and arrest Leonard, into whose pocket Assane has placed one of the gems from Marie-Antoinette's necklace in order to frame him for being "Paul Sernine," the Louvre thief.

However, the police are forced to let Leonard go after they learn that he has a license to carry his firearm, that he has a strong alibi for the time of the break-in, and that he doesn't resemble facial reconstructions made of Sernine. Leonard makes his way to Étretat, where he kidnaps Raoul from the beach while Assane's and Claire's backs are turned, throws him into the back seat of a car and drives away.

Appearances

 * Part One


 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 5