Ornella Gilligmann and Ines Madani are judged before the special Assize Court in Paris for the failed attack near Notre-Dame in September 2016.

Sentences of 25 and 30 years of criminal imprisonment were required on Thursday respectively against Ornella Gilligmann and Ines Madani, judged before the special Assize Court in Paris for the failed attack near Notre-Dame in September 2016. These two women and their two co-defendants "have become the face of female jihad," said the attorney general. They were "the arm of the Islamic State group and showed" unwavering determination, "she said. The custodial sentences for Inès Madani and Ornella Gilligmann are subject to a two-thirds security period.

"The only element" that led the prosecutor to not require life imprisonment against Ines Madani "is his age at the time of the facts," said the general counsel Jean-Michel Bourlès, in this indictment two votes. Inès Madani was 19 years old in September 2016. "I can not be hopeless in the human being and Inès Madani must (...) know that the society believes that she is able to evolve", has added the magistrate.

#Goods "I could sweep inconsistencies like this for hours," says the general counsel who goes on "but there are things we know", of which we are "certain". "They both bought gas cylinders and not for a barbecue"

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20 years required against Sarah Hervouët

The public prosecutor's office requested a 20-year prison sentence with a two-thirds safety period against Sarah Hervouët, who stabbed a police officer from the Internal Security Directorate (DGSI) on 8 November. September 2016. "The blood has flowed into this file and Sarah Hervouët is the author," said the general counsel. "We can not make bets that are much too risky." The proof of the disengagement (of radical Islam), Sarah Hervouët to bring ".

A sentence of 20 years' imprisonment with a two-thirds security period was also required against Amel Sakaou, who had sheltered Inès Madani and Sarah Hervouët at her home in Boussy-Saint-Antoine (Essonne) shortly after the failure. their attempt to attack the car bomb near Notre-Dame. All three had been arrested while preparing an attack.