A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers in connection with the 2020 beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty, whose murder shocked the country. <\/p>\n
The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering some Muslim parents. Most Muslims avoid depictions of prophets, considering them to be blasphemous. <\/p>\n
Among those on trial was a teenage girl who had allegedly told her parents that Paty had asked Muslim pupils to leave the room before showing the caricatures. <\/p>\n
The court found her guilty of having made false accusation charges and slanderous comments, as it was established that she was not in the class at the time. <\/p>\n
The other adolescents were found guilty of charges related to taking part in a pre-meditated criminal conspiracy and helping to prepare an ambush. <\/p>\n
Paty, 47, was killed outside his school in a Paris suburb by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, who was shot dead by police soon after the attack. <\/p>\n
The court found those adolescents guilty of having pointed out Paty to the murderer. <\/p>\n
Louis Cailliez, lawyer for Paty\u2019s sister Mickaelle, told reporters his client was \u201csatisfied with the full conviction,\u201d but less so with the sentences, that she found \u201ctoo lenient\u201d. <\/p>\n
Dylan Slama, a lawyer for one of the teenagers, said that though it was hard to talk about satisfaction in such tragic circumstances, there was a sense of relief for his client. <\/p>\n
The heaviest sentence was given to an adolescent who was formally given a 6-month prison sentence, although he should be able to serve this at home while under electronic surveillance. <\/p>\n
The girl who was found guilty of making false accusations and slanderous comments was given an 18-month suspended sentence and put on probation measures for two years. <\/p>\n
All six teenagers\u2019 suspended sentences are tied to them following a strict set of probation measures for two to three years. <\/p>\n
Another trial in connection with Paty\u2019s killing, involving adults this time, is set to take place at the end of next year. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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