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French court acquits man accused of hiding Paris attackers
Ok, but they ought to be able to nail him for being a bloody-handed slum lord, which is almost worse.
[Ynet] A French court acquitted a man charged with harboring Islamic holy warriors after they carried out the 2015 Gay Paree attacks, bringing a surprising end Wednesday to the first criminal trial from the country's deadliest holy warrior violence since World War II.

The presiding judge said the Gay Paree court found Jawad Bendaoud, 31, a confirmed street criminal, not guilty of providing lodging to two of the attackers and helping them hide from police when they were the most-wanted criminals in La Belle France.

Addressing Bendaoud at a verdict hearing, Judge Isabelle Prevost-Desprez said the evidence was "insufficient to prove your guilt."

Bendaoud, who was standing behind a glass-enclosed dock, blew kisses to the public and his lawyers upon hearing of his acquittal. He faced up to six years in prison if he was convicted of harboring terrorists.

Bendaoud denied knowing the identity of the men to whom he rented a small flat in Saint-Denis. One of the two men he sheltered was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the Gay Paree attacks.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-15
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