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A one-year suspended prison sentence was given to two individuals before the Saint-Étienne Criminal Court. They were prosecuted for plotting violence in meetings. Last June, they shouted Allah Akbar in the aisles of Casino Monthieu.
At the helm of the Saint-Étienne criminal court on Monday, Brahim, 52, strives to convince the judges of his good faith. On June 7, 2020, he did not expect such a reaction from the other customers present in Monthieu.
For him, Allahu Akbar is a call to prayer, not a “war cry,” as President Catherine Vaillant suggests. It is his defense, to him and to his friend Mehdi, 38 years old: they had a spiritual discussion, it was a “cry from the heart.”
A psychological shock that lasts for the civil parties
But the prosecution recalls the facts: nearly 200 people evacuated. In a panic, a man, now a civil party, fell on his son of one and a half and broke his shoulder. The child is well but for the father, the psychological shock is still strong today.
The public prosecutor speaks of “provocateurs,” who could not ignore the scope of such a gesture. It requires a one-year suspended sentence. The judges will render their decision on December 20.
A one-year suspended prison sentence was given to two individuals before the Saint-Étienne Criminal Court. They were prosecuted for plotting violence in meetings. Last June, they shouted Allah Akbar in the aisles of Casino Monthieu.
At the helm of the Saint-Étienne criminal court on Monday, Brahim, 52, strives to convince the judges of his good faith. On June 7, 2020, he did not expect such a reaction from the other customers present in Monthieu.
For him, Allahu Akbar is a call to prayer, not a “war cry,” as President Catherine Vaillant suggests. It is his defense, to him and to his friend Mehdi, 38 years old: they had a spiritual discussion, it was a “cry from the heart.”
A psychological shock that lasts for the civil parties
But the prosecution recalls the facts: nearly 200 people evacuated. In a panic, a man, now a civil party, fell on his son of one and a half and broke his shoulder. The child is well but for the father, the psychological shock is still strong today.
The public prosecutor speaks of “provocateurs,” who could not ignore the scope of such a gesture. It requires a one-year suspended sentence. The judges will render their decision on December 20.
