Friday June 21, 2024, a man was sentenced to twelve months in prison for racist tags on the Hamza mosque, a tobacco bar and another building in Beauvais (Oise), according to information from France 3 Hauts-de-France . The individual, already known for similar acts, had written the word “monkey” on the walls of buildings during Christmas night 2023, specifies our colleagues from Parisian.
An act “unworthy, unspeakable and contrary to our values”
In this case, Licra and the municipality became civil parties. “Shocked by such an act”, the UDI mayor of the city, Franck Pia, had considered it as “unworthy, unspeakable and contrary to our values” while bringing its “support for the Muslim community”.
The Beauvais court thus handed down a sentence of one year’s imprisonment, including six months. In addition to this sentence, the man is prohibited from appearing at the Hamza mosque, from holding a weapon and must undergo psychological treatment, confirmed Frédéric Trinh, public prosecutor. His fingerprints, discovered on a threatening letter addressed to the mosque, had made it possible to trace him back to him.
“It’s a deserved sentence”
Franck Pia declared his satisfaction with this conviction when the judgment was announced: “It is a deserved sentence. » He added that he felt a ” treason “, because the individual was carrying out work of general interest for the municipality at the time of the facts. Kamal Dridi, president of the Beauvaisis Muslim Association, said: “It’s not just Muslims, it affected all citizens, it affected the Republic”.
