The “returning” Douha Mounib was sentenced, this Wednesday, March 1, to twelve years in prison with a two-thirds security period. The special assize court in Paris found her guilty of terrorist criminal association. The prosecution had requested fourteen years in prison against this midwife by training, prosecuted for having twice joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, between 2013 and 2017, who gave birth to several women on the spot, and who presents today as a repentance. Decision deemed satisfactory by the defence.
transcript of hearing, Laura Martel
It is with great attention and apparent serenity that Douha Mounib listens to President Raviot: twelve years in prison, two-thirds of which are security, a five-year socio-judicial follow-up, accompanied by various obligations.
” You understood well ? “, asks the president, before exposing what weighed during the deliberation:” It is a severe decision which sanctions the seriousness of the facts, but the court had difficulty in assessing the sincerity of your remarks on elements of your career, your development and your disengagement. The most recent elements are positive, but have been offset by your escape attempt, which was an important element in the court’s assessment of your sincerity today. he explains.
In a benevolent tone, he adds: Twelve years is harsh, but it’s not the end of a life. It is up to you to continue your development to fit into French society or elsewhere. Carry on, anyway. »
“ I was expecting a sentence above ten years anyway “, then confided to him Douha Mounib. ” Good luck, madam he replies. And the accused to say to him THANKS “, with a smile. A rather rare reaction, which is explained according to her lawyer, Me Hazan, by the fact that the young woman has developed the feeling of having been both listened to and well judged.
” For defendants with significant sentences, he points out, it is essential to leave the Assize Court with a favorable outlook, and the bond that the President has forged with her and that she has managed to forge with him will contribute to her positive development, because justice has been done . »
This Thursday, the court will look into the case of another “ghost”, Amandine Le Coz.
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