Posted on 07/10/2009 2:14:54 PM PDT by Parmenio
Youssouf Fofana, leader of a kidnap gang who called themselves "The Barbarians", has been sentenced to life in prison for an anti-Semitic murder of shocking brutality.
The court ruled he must serve a minimum of 22 yerars before he can be considered for parole.
Of 26 other defendants in the case, two were acquitted and the rest received sentences of between six months and 18 years jail.
Fofana, 28, masterminded the kidnap, torture and murder of Jewish shop clerk Ilan Halimi in 2006.
Halimi went missing on January 20, 2006 while on a date with a girl he had met at his workplace.
The girl, now 21, was one of Fofana's accomplices, instructed to lure Halimi to the basement of a building in a Paris suburb where he was attacked and subdued with ether.
She was sentenced to nine years jail for her role in the case.
Halimi was tortured for 24 days. Fofana stabbed Halimi and doused his body with alcohol before setting him alight.
His naked and badly burned body was dumped, handcuffed to a tree near a railway track. Halimi died on his way to hospital.
Hate crime
The killing of 23-year-old Ilan Halimi stirred debate on anti-Semitism in France because police initially refused to consider the kidnapping as a hate crime bcause the gang was trying to extort a ransom from Halimi's family.
However, the brutal nature of the torture and subsequent murder prompted prosecutors to demand a life sentence becuase of the murder's anti-Semitic nature.
Fofana, the son of Ivorian immigrants, raised his fist as he turned up in court at the start of the trial and proclaimed "Allah will conquer!"
Asked to state his name, he answered "African Barbarian Armed Revolt Salafist."
From the beginning of the two-month trial, Fofana made repeated anti-Semitic declarations, threw his shoes at court staff and sacked all his lawyers.
Towards the end of his trial, Fofana told the court: "I would rather live like a lion for a day than as a sheep for one hundred."
A nine-person jury was chosen before the judge imposed a media blackout, which is normal in French courts when juveniles are in the dock. The trial was heard by the special tribunal because two of the defendants, including the girl, were minors when the crime was committed
My ass they do. The 'right' thing to do is bring back the Guillotine for this sack of excrement and his entire merry band of murderers.
He'll go to gaol and be treated like a king/martyr by the other scum in there.
Apt name for the Muzzie Animals.........They need to be fought like the Barbarian hoards......That would make a good name for a book about Islam...too bad it would rip of the 80’s movie..”Barbarians at the Gate”.......
Just like the way our scum gets treated in prison, I suppose.
22 years is the minimum, he’ll probably stay there for the rest of his life if he continues to act like an asshat in prison like he did at his trial....
But yeah, ideally, he should be dead right now.....
His naked and badly burned body was dumped, handcuffed to a tree near a railway track. Halimi died on his way to hospital. "
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Youssouf, Youssouf, Bobanna,
Banana nana Fofanna.
Well, you should all know the drill for this one.
Can’t believe it took eight posts to get there. Beat me to it!
If I had my way, he'd live like a pig for a week and then he would cease living.
ARGH! ya beat me! :)
During his 22 years he will help create new barbarians who will go out and kill Jews.
Sentence is meaningless. He will live like a king in prison. This cannot stand. Jews should have executed him in court, or paid cops to give them access somewhere else. These monsters must die. If it takes millions, French Jews must raise it and make sure he dies before, or in prison. And he needs to die horribly.
Agree. Drown them in a vat of pig shit.
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