Penalties ranging from two years to 15 years in prison were required this Tuesday by the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat) against the eight accused in the trial of the Nice attack, noted the franceinfo journalist present on the spot. The attack killed 86 people and injured more than 400 on July 14, 2016. The verdict is expected next Tuesday, December 13.
Fifteen years in prison for the three main defendants
15 years in prison were required against the three main defendants, prosecuted for “participation in a terrorist criminal association“, because of their supposed links with the assailant, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel. But the national anti-terrorist prosecution (Pnat) however asked the court not to retain the qualification “terrorist” for one of them, Ramzi Arefa, who “provides the weapon (…) used by the terrorist“at the wheel of his ram-truck, but who”could not know his radicalization“.
The five other defendants appear for common law offenses related to arms trafficking.
Imprisonment sentences required
For Chokri Chafroud and Mohamed Ghraieb 15 years imprisonment for Terrorist Criminal Association, for Ramzi Arefa 15 years for the most “serious” facts of this procedure (terrorist qualification not retained), for Artan Henaj for sale of “lethal” weapons 10 years, for Enkeledja Zace (only woman accused ) 5 years, for Endri Elezi and Maksim Celaj 3 years, for Brahmin Tritrou 2 years.