Three French far-right They were sentenced to prison this Friday for plotting to stab president Emmanuel Macron as part of a plot to attack immigrants and elected officials.
number two of the group, Jean-Pierre Bouyer One was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, exempt from service under certain conditions, and will not be sent to prison, taking into account the time spent in detention.
The other two defendants received lesser sentences, all for associating with criminals. terrorist aims A fourth defendant was convicted of illegal possession and sale of weapons.
A small right-wing extremist group known as “The nine defendants were acquitted in the process.barjols“He was purged during a public event in the northeast of the country in November 2018, when he devised a plan to stab Macron with a ceramic-tipped knife, a material that has escaped metal detectors.
However, Bouyer and other members of the group were being watched by police officers. General Directorate of Homeland Security (DGSI) Who warned about the plan?
Bouyer’s lawyer, Olivia Ronen, complained to France Info public radio about the sentencing against her client. “totally incompatible with the charges”, which confirms that, according to him, “the facts being accused do not in any way support the idea of assassinating Emmanuel Macron”.