Hamou Benlatreche, an Algerian, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Paris on Monday in Levallois-Perret for “attempting terrorist assassination” of soldiers in the sentry operation, and also sentenced to 20 years in prison. Six soldiers were injured and three of them were seriously injured.
Hamou Benlatreche, an Algerian national, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment in Paris on Monday, December 13th, and also sentenced to 20 years’ security sentence. He was charged in Levallois-de-Seine in August 2017. Six people were injured.
“The beating of soldiers is voluntary and cannot be explained by brief discomfort.” The President of the Special Circuit Court ruled that the court also announced that the 41-year-old man was finally banned from entering French territory. Year 2009.
The verdict is the same as the request of the chief prosecutor. Hamou Benlatreche was tried in a special circuit court for a week and faced life imprisonment.
On August 9, 2017, he drove his VTC and knocked down the soldiers who were preparing to patrol the Sentinel, then fled and was arrested near Pas-de-Calais 5 hours later. Six soldiers were injured, three of them were seriously injured, and a total of nine people became civil parties.
Premeditated attack
The Algerian arrived in France in 2009 for medical reasons-he suffered from brainstem cavernous hemangioma, which is a severe malformation of the cerebral blood vessels-and has always claimed that it was an accident. According to him, due to discomfort, he lost control of the vehicle and then got his right leg stuck on the accelerator.
However, a court composed of one president and four jurors (three women and one man) ruled that the “testimony of three soldiers” described the defendant’s firm expression before shock, and that “description of the trajectory” of the vehicle” was stalling “Slowly moving along the aisle before the sharp acceleration” does not match the “unconscious interpretation”.
In addition, she believes that Hamou Benlatreche’s passage on this road was “almost never taken” at least twice in the days before the fact, which indicates that he had premeditated attacks.
She also retained the “relationship with terrorist companies”, aroused the defendant’s interest in the actions of the Islamic State group, and believed that his actions reflected “the desire to intimidate the authorities and spread terror among the people.”
Hamou Benlatreche, who had ten days to appeal, did not respond to the sentence read out.
“Justice has been done.” One of the wounded soldiers, Romuald, announced to AFP that he was satisfied with the court’s acceptance of premeditated and murderous intentions: “Everything we encountered in this attack.”
Agence France-Presse