“I regret and I am ashamed”.

These are the last words spoken Friday by Kevin Guiavarch, before the special assize court retires to deliberate.

“Even if I am sentenced, I will live my whole life with this shame and regret,” the 29-year-old added, wiping away some tears.

This Frenchman, one of the first to have joined the jihad in Syria, has been on trial since mid-March alongside his four wives for "terrorist criminal association".

On Thursday, the prosecution requested 18 years of criminal imprisonment against him, with a two-thirds security period, almost the maximum provided by law for this crime.

The verdict is expected in the evening.

“A suit much too large for him”

During the final argument of the trial, Me Vincent Brengarth, lawyer for Kevin Guiavarch, urged the court not to judge his client according to "a suit that is much too large for him".

According to the lawyer, Kevin Guiavarch did not participate in fighting with Daesh and was not planning any attack in France.

As early as October 2014, he contacted a French lawyer by email to tell him of his desire to leave Syria with his four wives and their six children.

"Kevin Guiavarch's real intention was to build a family around him," said the lawyer.

His legitimate wife, Salma O., 40, against whom the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has requested fourteen years of criminal imprisonment, also with a two-thirds security period, admitted the facts with which she is charged: "I bitterly regret the choice to go there”.

Appearing free, under judicial control, she reminded the court that she had managed to reconnect "a precious bond" with her two children, born in Syria during her stay in the area with Kevin Guiavarch and that she had "found work ".

If the court follows the requisitions of the prosecution, Salma O., could end up in prison.

The Advocates General have requested five-year prison sentences with two to four years of probation (accompanied by obligations and prohibitions) for the three women of Kevin Guiavarch, convinced, via social networks, to leave France , sometimes with their young child, for Syria.

All three expressed regret on Friday at the helm.

“I made a big mistake (by going to Syria) as a woman, a mother and a citizen,” said Parveen L. “Personally, I am aware that I have come a long way,” she added. .

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