French court convicts six teens for role in beheading of teacher

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 09, 2023 12:12 pm

PARIS, France: A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their role in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by a radicalised Islamist near Paris, in a case that horrified the country.

The prison sentences range from 14 months to two years, but all are suspended or commuted and no defendant will serve jail time, according to a youth court judgement read at a public hearing after behind-closed-door proceedings.

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