Six months of suspended imprisonment were required Wednesday in Paris against a young man who had, last December, threatened with death the director of publication of Charlie Hebdo, targeted by a murderous attack in January 2015. “
A prison sentence is necessary given the seriousness of the facts,
"said the prosecutor before the criminal court, also wishing"
an obligation of care
"and"
for example an internship at the Shoah Memorial
".
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"
Of
unheard-
of cruelty and barbarism
"
On the night of December 20 to 21, Yanni O., 20, sent, via the Twitter network, a foul private message to Marika Bret, threatening her in particular to "
cut her up like a pig
", to "
rape her
like a pig
".
chain
”and“ having
hungry dogs eaten alive for days
”. These were “
words of
incredible
cruelty and barbarism
”, remembers Marika Bret. "
I will never, ever accept any death threat
," she said at the 17th Chamber bar.
The slender, youthful-looking young man with his long curly brown hair, accompanied by his mother, explained in a choppy voice that he had sent this message "
by chance
" to Mrs Bret, ignorant of the story. by Charlie Hebdo.
He said he copied a message "
seen on a forum
" and that he intended to target people close, according to him, to the LGBT community.
“
My motivation was to create a buzz,
” he said.
He thought he was targeting the LGBT community
The investigation showed that the defendant was the author of other hate messages, in particular towards the Jewish community and the Licra (civil party in the trial).
In a message posted in November, he wrote: “
Friends I have an idea to destroy the (Licra).
When we see (sic) a Jew in the street we put him in blood, the same for gays
”.
“
I thought we could say everything on social media.
I was never taught that it was not done.
I stopped all that.
I didn't think I was doing any harm,
”he said.
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His lawyer, Ingrid Cahouet, noted that his client had "
the disturbed mind
" and that the confinement had "
more weakened
". “
But he's not dangerous,
” she insisted. "
He's a young man in pain
." "
He is immature and incapable of any personal reflection
," she pleaded, recalling that her client had stopped his schooling in fourth grade. The decision will be rendered on September 22.
