Posted on 06/16/2004 11:41:13 AM PDT by TexKat
BOBIGNY, France - A French court Wednesday convicted the in-laws of a Paris airport baggage handler after they planted explosives and weapons in his car in an attempt to make him look like a terrorist.
The suburban Paris court Wednesday ordered five-month prison terms for Ahmed and Fatiah Bechiri and three accomplices. All were convicted of plotting against Abderazak Besseghir, who worked at Charles de Gaulle airport.
Besseghir spent nearly 10 days in jail before he was cleared. He said he had been framed by the family of his late wife, Louisa, who died in a fire last summer.
The five also received suspended sentences of 15 months and ordered to pay $18,000 in damages to Besseghir. All those convicted already have been in jail for more than four months and will not be returned to prison.
Besseghir, a French citizen of Algerian origin, was arrested Dec. 28, 2002, after police found weapons and explosives in his car in a parking lot at the airport.
Patrick Pouchoulain, a private detective, and Djilali Diffalah, the brother of Bechiri's wife, planted the weapons, according to the prosecution. An unemployed bodyguard named Marcel Le Hir had claimed he saw Besseghir load the weapons into his car. All three men were convicted Wednesday.
Meet the Parents II
My wife is Parisian and I like my Mother In Law - she can't speak english and she is drunk most of the time
This is illegal in France? Oh I get it, weapons can only be given to true terrorists.
LOL
Strange that a French court would order a fine in US $.
Did they surrender to us and we didn't notice?
Two weekends back, a couple of my buds & I bought a case of Miller Genuine Draft, drank it, and took France. We made a weekend of it.
That bastard Rather will never report this.
Thats why we have the free republic. So we can find out the truth.
Such brave lads ye are. Taking the whole country on only a case of Miller Draft. Most men would require more than that to withstand the stench of the place...........
Good thing you didn't use Coors Light, or you'd be indicted for chemical warfare.
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