Overview
- Judges set a 20-year period of sûreté within the 30-year criminal sentence.
- The court confirmed the terrorist character of the killings and attempted killings after the defense disputed that qualification.
- National antiterrorism prosecutors had sought 30 years with 25 years of sûreté, asserting it is possible to be both terrorist and delusional.
- The bench accepted psychiatric expertise indicating diminished, not abolished, discernment, rejecting a claim of criminal irresponsibility.
- On April 4, 2020, two men were killed and five others wounded in Romans-sur-Isère, and investigators later found jihadist propaganda on the attacker’s phone.