France: Prosecution seeks life without suspension from Salah Abdeslam for 2015 Paris attacks

The National Counter-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat) France requested that the sentence of life imprisonment be suspended without the right to be suspended Salah Abdeslamthe only living member of the group that committed them terrorist attacks in Paris and Saint-Denisin November 2015, resulting in the death of 130 people.

This sentence, which is rarely imposed, reduces the chances of the 32-year-old Frenchman being released at some point in the future. Prosecutors are seeking her because of the seriousness of the charges and because, as Camille Enetier explained, during the hearing, “Despite the words, despite the tears, Sala Abdeslam remained faithful to the end to his ideology” and never expressed “The slightest remorse”.

For Mohamed Abriniwho was also a member of the group of perpetrators but on the night of November 13, 2015 he regretted it and returned to Belgium, the prosecutor also asked for the sentence of life imprisonment, with the right of suspension after 22 years. The same penalty was requested for the “accountant” of the team Mohamed Bakaliwhile life sentences with the right of suspension to 30 years were proposed for the Swede Osama Krahem and the Tunisian Sofien Agiariwhere was it “High-ranking members” of the jihadist organization and believed to have wanted to launch an attack on Amsterdam airport on the same day.

The prosecutor requested that prison sentences of 5 to 20 years be imposed on another 9 of the accused. For Ahmed Damaniwho is a prisoner in Turkey and is being tried in absentia by the Special Court of Appeal of Paris, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

For the five accused members of the Islamic State who are also tried in absentia but are believed to have been killed, the prosecutor asked for the sentence of life imprisonment.

The court verdict will be announced on June 29.