Ilias Akoudad, the man who killed the brigadier in 2021 at a deal point in the center of Avignon, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. The Vaucluse Assize Court which delivered this verdict did indeed take into account the aggravating circumstance of murder of a person holding public authority.
After six hours of deliberation, the verdict was greeted with great silence in this room filled with plainclothes and uniformed police officers. “There are no winners, there are only losers”, assures the father of the victim.