Samuel Paty trial: the requisitions have been filed for the accused, the anti-terrorist prosecution requests prison sentences

The requisitions have been filed. MAXPPP.

The requisitions have been filed in the context of the assassination of Samuel Paty on December 16, 2024.

The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office on Monday requested sentences ranging from one year in prison to 16 years of criminal imprisonment for the eight defendants involved, to varying degrees, in the assassination of a teacher, Professor Samuel Paty, on October 16, 2020.

The highest sentence for Aziz Epsirkhanov

The highest sentence was requested for the meeting of the Russian of Chechen origin Azim Epsirkhanov, 23 years old, tried for complicity in terrorist murder, but for whom the accusation was requested from the court to be reclassified as a terrorist criminal association.

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Aziz E. was one of the two friends of Anzorov, assassin and killed on the day of the tragedy. With him, Naïm Boudaoud, 22 years old. They are appearing for complicity in terrorist murder, a crime punishable by life imprisonment.

The day before the attack, they accompanied Anzorov to a cutlery store in Rouen to buy a knife matching the one found near his body. Naïm Boudaoud was also with Anzorov for the purchase, a few hours before the crime, of two Airsoft pistols and steel balls in a store in Cergy.

Verdict at the end of the week

After these submissions, the defendants' lawyers will be able to make their closing arguments on Tuesday and Wednesday. After which the court will deliberate to deliver its verdict at the end of the week.

Some of the accused face life imprisonment. We will see if the court will follow the requisitions, lighten them, or increase these sentences when it delivers its verdict on Thursday or Friday.