Overview

• Classmates secretly filmed and circulated a compromising video of the 15-year-old, prompting them to confront the family at their Seine-Saint-Denis home on March 31.
• The mother used a heated iron to burn her daughter’s calf and chin, inflicting a 60 cm laceration and other serious injuries.
• On May 30, the Bobigny tribunal handed the mother a three-year prison term (with 24 months suspended) and delivered a 12-month suspended sentence to the 24-year-old brother for his role in the assault.
• Judges condemned the attack as "particularly grave," noting it was initially classified as acts of barbarism under charges of aggravated violence.
• The defense invoked a climate of harassment and a cultural taboo surrounding sexuality, with the mother claiming an impulsive overreaction and no intent to burn her child.