The Lille court on Tuesday sentenced a 19-year-old young man to 13 months in prison and 12 months probation for "apologia for terrorism" and "provocation to commit an act of terrorism", committed on Twitter over a period of more one year.
He was also found guilty of having detained and transported several “category D” (over the counter) weapons, without legitimate reason, including 4.5 mm caliber pistols, a pellet gun, a telescopic baton, various ammunition. or a hunting crossbow.
Ilies Z., a high school student in professional bac at the time of the facts, without a criminal record, was arrested in July in the Lille metropolitan area and placed in pre-trial detention.
Justice accuses him of 22 tweets, published between April 2020 and May 2021, which praised acts of terrorism committed in France and abroad, in particular claimed by the Islamic State group, “glorified” the perpetrators of the attack or were "praising death as a martyr", listed the judge.
During the searches, justice had also discovered two usurped license plates and balaclavas in his vehicle, as well as several books defending an "extremist vision of Islam", summarized President Karine Dosio.
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He notably tweeted propaganda videos calling for jihad, through the voices of Fabien Clain - identified as the man who recorded the audio message claiming the November 13 attacks - or Adrien Guihal, also known as a door - speech of the terrorist organization. In messages, he also called for "going on the ground to free the brothers" or considered IS attacks as "reprisals" for the French bombing. He still justified the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty, "comparing the murderer to a companion of the prophet", recalled the representative of the prosecution, Anaïs Zerri.
"I regret, (...) I did not realize", assured Ilies Z. Tuesday, without however convincing the judges. "When you put all that together, it may seem big, (...) but I was not planning at all to do something or attack someone (...) Weapons were pure leisure", he said. In the spring of 2020, "there was confinement, (...) I was holed up at home, all the time on my phone, I was able to be influenced by people", he justified repeating that the facts did not "look like" him.
