A 20-year-old inmate stood trial in Bonneville court on Friday January 12 for glorifying terrorism, making threats and dealing in cannabis resin. He was acquitted of the charge of glorification of terrorism but sentenced to 15 months in prison with a warrant and a ban on residing in the department.
A 20-year-old Algerian man, who was imprisoned in Bonneville prison for theft, was tried on Friday the 12th of January for glorification of terrorism, threats and receiving stolen goods. According to several prisoners, the young man, who arrived in France in 2021, is said to have expressed his support for terrorist attacks on several occasions. Just a few days after the Hamas attack in Israel, he is said to have rejoiced at the deaths of Israeli women and children and regretted that Hitler had not completed the work, and he is said to have approved the murder of the headmaster of Arras and Samuel Paty.
“Just because I’m a Muslim doesn’t make me a criminal”.
Prisoners also report that he is said to have shouted Allah Akbar several times in prison and called France a country of infidels. Also at the same time, a prisoner accused him of making threatening remarks against him. The accused allegedly tried to convince him to convert to Islam and, when he refused, told him that he would slit his throat and circumcise him.
Before the court in Bonnevi Le Dauphiné