Overview

• On October 3, the Paris Criminal Court convicted Ilan M., 27, and sentenced him to 12 months in prison with six to serve, a €1,500 fine, and a three-year weapons ban.
• He was found guilty of “violence with a weapon not resulting in work incapacity” for videos showing him pretending to jab strangers with capped, empty syringes.
• Prosecutors argued the stunt heightened public anxiety tied to reported needle assaults around June’s Fête de la Musique and had sought 15 months under electronic monitoring.
• Defense lawyers cited nearly two months of pretrial detention, including solitary confinement at Fleury-Mérogis, but the judges imposed a custodial term.
• The influencer told the court he copied pranks seen in Spain and Portugal to revive his online profile, and one complainant reported seven days off work after the fake jab.