{"id":22631,"date":"2022-06-29T18:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22631"},"modified":"2022-06-29T18:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:57:37","slug":"paris-trial-guilty-salah-abdeslam-receives-rare-full-life-sentence-as-historic-trial-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/06\/29\/paris-trial-guilty-salah-abdeslam-receives-rare-full-life-sentence-as-historic-trial-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris trial: Guilty Salah Abdeslam receives rare full-life sentence as historic trial ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The only surviving attacker from the group that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks has been found guilty of terrorism and murder charges.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Salah Abdeslam received a rare full-life sentence for his role in the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The court also convicted 19 other men involved, six of whom are believed to be dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The trial &#8211; the biggest in modern French history &#8211; began last September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">For more than nine months, victims, journalists, and the families of the dead lined up outside the specially-built courtroom in Paris to piece together the story of the worst attack in France since World War Two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The attacks across bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and Bataclan music venue on 13 November 2015 saw hundreds injured alongside those killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-61967284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris survivors who found friendship in terror trial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-59147493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humdrum lives that turned to mass murder in Paris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-60315908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris attacks main defendant denies killing anyone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">At the beginning of the trial Abedslam was defiant, describing himself as a &#8220;soldier&#8221; of the so-called Islamic State group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">But he later apologised to the victims, telling the court in his closing remarks that he was &#8220;not a murderer, or a killer&#8221;, and that to convict him of murder would be &#8220;an injustice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">He also claimed during the trial that he decided not to detonate his suicide vest on the night of the attack and disposed of it in a Paris suburb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">However, the court accepted evidence that the suicide vest was defective, and therefore it did not believe that Abdeslam had experienced a last-minute change of heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">His full-life sentence means there is only a small chance of parole after 30 years. It is the most severe penalty for criminals in France and is rarely handed down by the country&#8217;s courts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">One survivor of the 2015 attack, Arthur D\u00e9nouveaux, said it was fair even if it doesn&#8217;t bring complete closure for the victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;It will help us,&#8221; he told Reuters news agency. &#8220;When things like [these attacks] happen, you can&#8217;t have reparation but you can have justice. It was justice for sure, but it&#8217;s not healing everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Gerard Chemla, a lawyer representing the victims, said the verdict would help to turn the page for his clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;The sentences handed down are not excessive, they are adapted to both the facts and to those who committed them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Olivier Fischer, who survived the\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-34822605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attack on Le Carillon Cafe<\/a>, told journalists outside the court that he was &#8220;extremely satisfied&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a very clear message addressed to all people who are tempted by the experience of radical Islamism,&#8221; he was reported by Reuters as saying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The father of one of the victims of the Bataclan attack, Philippe Duperron, said justice had been delivered &#8211; not in the length of the sentences &#8211; but in the process of holding the trial itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;The possibility given to the victims to express themselves in this court and let out their pain and their suffering&#8221; was justice, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-dm4ypg-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"subheadline-block\">\n<h2 id=\"Further-convictions-\" class=\"ssrcss-y2fd7s-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span role=\"text\">Further convictions<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The court handed down prison terms to 19 others convicted for their roles, ranging from two years to Abdeslam&#8217;s full-life sentence. They include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Mohamed Abrini<\/b>, 37, who admitted to driving some of the Paris attackers to the capital, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 22 years spent behind bars.<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Mohamed Bakkali,\u00a0<\/b>a Belgian-Moroccan coordinator, was sentenced to 30 years in jail for playing a &#8220;key role in the logistics of the attacks&#8221;. He was accused of renting hideouts in Brussels to house the attackers.<\/li>\n<li>Swedish citizen\u00a0<b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Osama Krayem\u00a0<\/b>and Tunisian\u00a0<b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Sofien Ayari<\/b>\u00a0were also both sentenced to 30 years in jail for planning a separate attack on Amsterdam airport as part of the same cell.<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Muhammad Usman\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Adel Haddadi<\/b>\u00a0were sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with two-thirds of that spent behind bars.<\/li>\n<li>Six other defendants believed to have died in the attacks were tried in their absence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-dm4ypg-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"subheadline-block\">\n<h2 id=\"Where-Paris-attacks-took-place\" class=\"ssrcss-y2fd7s-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span role=\"text\">Where Paris attacks took place<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-11ocu6n-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/90D0\/production\/_120427073_paris_shooting_nov15_v10_976-nc.png 976w\" alt=\"Paris map\" width=\"976\" height=\"631\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-5i1hhv-LinksComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"links-block\">\n<section class=\"ssrcss-msolhr-LinksWrapper e3eyuya4\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1lqqmgw-LinksHeadingWrapper e3eyuya3\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-q4zz1q-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-61989354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The only surviving attacker from the group that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks has been found guilty of terrorism and murder charges. 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