Posted on 07/10/2009 6:03:28 PM PDT by george76
A 28-year-old African who styled himself as a barbarian was sentenced to life in prison last night for kidnapping and torturing to death a Jewish man in a case that exposed anti-Semitism in France’s immigrant suburbs.
Youssouf Fofana, from the Ivory Coast, was the ring-leader of a gang of 27 youths who abducted Iman Halimi, 23, in 2006. The gang, from a housing estate in Bagneux, west of Paris, called themselves the “gang of barbarians”.
Fofana Fofana, who describes himself as a hardline “Salafist” Islamist, fled to Ivory Coast after the killing. He was arrested there and extradited to France. He must serve 22 years before he can apply for parole.
The two-month trial was held mainly behind closed doors at a juvenile court because some of the defendants were minors at the time of the offences. Twenty-four accomplices were sentenced. The girl who, aged 17, lured Mr Halimi to his death by inviting him on a date was sentenced to nine years. She took him to the gang who attacked him and subdued him with ether.
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Let me be the first - Boussoufanana Bofanafana
Fofana ...smirked at Mr Halmili’s relatives and threw shoes at lawyers.
Twenty-two years is spit in the wind.
How does that go? Banananana-fo-fana
Too bad France no longer utilizes Devil’s Island. This guy belongs there.
Do I have to press “1” for English even on FR?
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