TRIAL A 21-year-old Algerian to whom the prefecture had issued an Obligation to leave French territory violently assaulted a student he wanted to rob on Tuesday. He was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison with a warrant
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He was under an Order to Leave French Territory (OQTF) issued last August. A 21-year-old Algerian arrested this summer for theft and forcible confinement then released, was condemned to three years in prison with a warrant of deposit after the attack, Tuesday morning in the center of Nice, of a student, indicated the public prosecutor, confirming information from Nice-Matin.
Xavier Bonhomme specifies to 20 Minutesthat the individual also suffered a five-year ban from French territory and a ban on possessing a weapon.
Around 8:15 a.m., near Nice-Ville station, he injured the 18-year-old young man in the face with a scalpel blade. “I wore my baptism chain on my t-shirt. He wanted to take it from me. I resisted. He carried me a shot,” the victim who has an 11 cm wound on the cheek and throat.
He was summoned to by the court in March 2023
During the trial, the representative of the prosecution clarified that that the 21-year-old Algerian was already summoned in court in March 2023 for the case for which he had been accused. arrested and also for violation of; legislation for foreigners.
The Niçois elected official Philippe Vardon (Reconquête !) had reacted to this case on Tuesday. “This umpteenth aggression is of course the consequence of the migratory and judicial laxity that the people of Niç ;security to Nice,” he said. in a press release.