Nourredine Allam is tried on appeal for having sold a Kalashnikov to the assassin of Xavier Jugelé.
Fifteen years of criminal imprisonment and a reclassification of his crime as a terrorist offense were requested Tuesday, October 4 against Nourredine Allam, tried on appeal for having sold a weapon to Karim Cheurfi, assassin of the police officer Xavier Jugelé killed in 2017 on the Champs-Elysees. “I ask the court to overturn the trial judgment“asked the Advocate General, considering that the accused”did not take responsibilityin the murder of the policeman.
Nourredine Allam, a 32-year-old Franco-Algerian, was “the direct supplier” of the “Kalashnikov loaded with 25 cartridges” which was used by Karim Cheurfi to shoot at police officers. “He never showed the beginning of a beginning of empathyfor the victims, said the Advocate General.
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The representative of the general prosecutor’s office said to herself “convinced“that Nourredine Allam”knew the terrorist intentionsby Karim Cheurfi known for his vehement and repeated remarks against the police. “In fact, from the start, Nourredine Allam has washed her hands of it.“, insisted the magistrate.
The conviction for association of terrorist criminals (AMT) does not suppose that the accused is radicalized or that he has knowledge of a plan for an attack. For the AMT to be established, it is sufficient for the accused to be aware of the radicalization of the killer, recalled the Advocate General.
On April 20, 2017, Karim Cheurfi killed police officer Xavier Jugelé and injured two of his colleagues as well as a German tourist, before being shot down by return fire.
At first instance, Nourredine Allam had been sentenced to 10 years in prison while the Pnat had claimed 18 years of imprisonment against him. The court did not retain the qualification of AMT, recognizing only a common law offense.
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Against the other defendant, Médérik Marinne, acquitted at first instance and who appears free on appeal, the prosecution requested – as during the trial at first instance – a 24-month prison sentence, 12 of which were suspended.
Médérik Marinne’s fingerprints were found on the killer’s weapon. During his hearing before the Court of Appeal, he repeated that he touched the weapon “by accident” while he was in the company of Yanis Aidouni and Mohamed Bouguerra, the two men accused of having sold the Kalashnikov to Nourredine Allam and who, at first instance, were respectively sentenced to six and five years’ imprisonment. Yanis Aidouni and Mohamed Bouguerra were not tried on appeal.
The verdict is expected on Wednesday.
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