On Thursday the 18th of January 2024, a 19-year-old man will stand trial in Quimper (Finistère) accused of publicly glorifying an act of terrorism.
The events date back to the 14th of October 2022. The young man from Egypt attended the vocational school in Pleyben (Centre-Finistère) and took part in the memorial service for the murdered teacher Samuel Paty. When he asked the teacher about the term “terrorism”, he said: “That’s normal, I would do the same if you insult the prophet”.
A year and a half later, he is awaiting sentencing, while his trial took place on 23 November 2023. At the trial, the public prosecutor at the time, Jean-Luc Lennon, demanded a four-month suspended prison sentence and a one-year ban from entering France.
Christophe Lepetitcorps, the presiding judge, finally announced the sentence: eight months’ suspended imprisonment and inclusion in the file for terrorist offenders. Ouest France