Tried this Monday for having threatened to kill the principal of the Parisian Maurice-Ravel high school on the Internet, after an altercation in February with a student to whom he had asked to remove her veil, a 27-year-old man was sentenced to sentence of 60 days, fine of ten euros each and an obligation to complete a five-day citizenship course.
This Monday, November 18, a 27-year-old man appeared before the Paris Criminal Court. The individual was suspected of having threatened to kill the principal of the Parisian high school Maurice-Ravel on the Internet, after an altercation with a student to whom the official had asked to remove her veil. The defendant is a young man with a master’s degree and looking for a job in the “digital web”. He is unknown to the courts.
Finally, the man was sentenced to a sentence of 60 days – a fine of ten euros each, or a total of 600 euros, and to an obligation to undergo a five-day citizenship training period, CNEWS learned from the lawyer for the civil parties. .
At the hearing on October 2, a one-year suspended prison sentence was requested against the individual, tried for “public provocation without effect to commit a willful attack on life”. “It does not seem acceptable to me today that fear is on the side of teachers,” declared the prosecutor, addressing this man.
Concerning the facts, he had in fact written the following phase on his X account: “This is crazy. “We have to burn him alive, this dog.”
A trial already postponed twice
The man was arrested in mid-March before appearing, for the first time, before the judge on April 23. During this hearing, he said he “regretted” his comments, at the same time presenting “his apologies” to the victim. The trial was ultimately postponed until the end of June so that the suspect could prepare his defense.
On June 26, the court decided once again to postpone the hearing until Wednesday, October 2, due to the large number of cases that must be examined during the day and so that the case is judged in “good manners.” terms”.
Before his trial was held on October 2, the defendant was placed under judicial supervision. This affair led to the early retirement of the principal.
