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Yesterday, the Paris Special Criminal Court handed down prison sentences of four years to life imprisonment for those convicted of the attacks on the Paris region in January 2015.
The sentences are generally lower than those requested by the prosecution, which is life imprisonment for two of the defendants and five to 30 years for 12 other defendants, considering that they played a “key role” in carrying out the two jihadist attacks. .
The most severe punishment, which is life imprisonment, was handed down against Muhammad Belhussain, who was tried in absentia and is believed to have died in Syria. The court has charged the perpetrator of the attack on the Jewish shop, Amidi Coulibaly, on charges of “complicity” in terrorist crimes.
The life of Boumediene, Coulibaly’s partner, who has been in hiding since she fled to Syria a few days after the attacks, was sentenced to 30 years in prison without being released before serving two-thirds of her sentence.
A similar sentence was imposed on Alireza Bulat, who was described as the “right arm” of the perpetrator of the attack on the Jewish store. This 35-year-old Frenchman of Turkish origin was convicted of “complicity” and “playing a key role” in the preparation of the attacks, according to the court.
At the conclusion of the hearing, his defense attorney, Isabel Cotan-Berry, announced her intention to appeal the verdict.
The court convicted three other defendants, all close to Amedi Coulibaly, on charges of association with criminal terrorists, after they were unable to ignore the nature of the plot to attack the Jewish store.
Ammar Ramdani was sentenced to the harshest penalty of all, 20 years in prison, without having been released before they had served two-thirds of the sentence.
