Father Jacques Hamel: Just Convict Anybody
The two attackers (Adel Kermich, 19; Abdel Malik Petitjean, 19), were killed by police when leaving the church.
Now, the court sentenced:
• Rachid Kassim, 35, (life in prison in absentia): a famous Algerian/Jemenite/French jihadist likely killed in Mosul in 2017.
• Jean-Philippe Steven Jean-Louis, 25 (13 years): Afro-French friend of Petitjean, born in the fifth month, spent first two years in hospital, asthmatic, placed in a children's home at 12, he never worked, Internet freak, became a Moslem at 17.
• Farid Khelil, 37 (10 years): Petitjean's cousin, said at the trial that he is bisexual, non-religious, drinking alcohol, smoking cannabis.
• Yassine Sebaihia, 27 (8 years), never worked, Internet freak, spent one night with Kermich two days before the murder, left the next day because he felt unwanted.
The three were condemned for helping or encouraging the murder. During the trial, they asked for forgiveness and admitted that they voluntarily associated with the two murderers. Rouen Archbishop Dominique Lebrun expressed his "great hope" regarding the defendants; "They have chosen a new life."
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