Farid Ikken, an Algerian student and former journalist sentenced on October 14 to 28 years in prison for having attacked three police officers on the forecourt of Notre-Dame de Paris with a hammer in 2017, appealed against his conviction, Europe 1 has learned.
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Farid Ikken, sentenced to 28 years in prison for attacking three police officers on the forecourt of Notre-Dame in 2017, appealed against his conviction.
The 43-year-old man, an Algerian student and former journalist, had been convicted of "attempted murder with premeditation on persons holding public authority" and "association of criminals in connection with a terrorist enterprise" by the Special Assize Court of Paris, on October 14th.
Farid Ikken had been sentenced to 28 years in prison, with a two-thirds security period.
Contacted by Europe 1, his lawyer did not wish to speak.
On June 6, 2017, he attacked with a hammer three uniformed police officers on the forecourt of Notre-Dame de Paris, injuring one in the head.
On the eve of the opening of the trial, the injured policeman spoke at the microphone of Europe 1, evoking in particular, in addition to his injury, the psychological trauma suffered after this attack.