Three accused present sentences of eight to thirteen years in prison

Yassine Sebaihia, Farid Khelil and Jean-Philippe Steven Jean-Louis incurred up to thirty years of imprisonment for their role in the assassination of Father Hamel, in July 2016.

Le Monde with AFP

The Special Assize Court of Paris pronounced, Wednesday, March 9, a sentence of eight years in prison against Yassine Sebaihia, of ten years against Farid Khelil and thirteen years Countejean-Philippe Steven Jean-Louis at the trial of the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray attack.

The three men, pursued for “association of terrorist criminal”, incurred until thirty years of imprisonment. Rachid Kassim, Propagandist of the Associated State Islamic State (EI) died in Iraq, was sentenced in his absence to the perpetuity for “complicity” of the assassination of Father Hamel in his church, on July 26, 2016.

/Media reports.