It was time for the indictment, this Monday, January 23, at the trial of Jonathan Geffroy. This 40-year-old man from Toulouse is being prosecuted before the Paris special assize court for “terrorist association of criminals”, for having joined the ranks of IS fighters, as a family, in February 2015. After contacting French intelligence for requesting assistance with exfiltration, Jonathan Geffroy has collaborated with the services and the justice system since his arrest in September 2017. But his “repentant” posture did not convince the general counsel.
transcript of hearing, Laura Martel
For the Advocate General, Jonathan Geffroy is not a repentant, but an opportunist. Adhering for a long time to the ideology of the Islamic State organization, when he goes to the Iraqi-Syrian zone, it is not to be an ambulance driver as he claims: “ He knows he’s going to fight “, she insists.
Moreover, beyond ideology, it is also “ the feeling of power and the free housing of the fighters he came to seek “, asserts the magistrate. And of course Jonathan Geffroy fights more than he says, he who is a member of an elite katibat that we ” don’t integrate to take it easy “, she quips.
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As for her desire to leave the terrorist organization, the magistrate does not see it as a sign of disengagement, but here again, the preservation of her interests: “ There, he knows only failure; and that’s the problem for him, more than an awareness “, she says. And she adds:
This opportunist wanted to enjoy a pasha’s life and the power of IS, but suffer defeats and bombardments, very little for him, so he tries to negotiate his return.
An opportunistic defendant also in his relationship with intelligence and justice: “ He talks to say nothing, he pretends to be cooperative to hope for a reduced sentence “, stings the magistrate.
“ To see the future of an inmate, you have to trust him “, she points. However, the ” personality disorder » by Jonathan Geffroy, who « shamelessly minimizes its activities in the area “, maintains the” unclear on its current level of disengagement “, she believes.
Hence a heavy sentence requested: 18 years in prison with a two-thirds security period.
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