Jihane Makhzoumi was charged with terrorism and child abandonment for her 'bloodthirsty' participation in IS. FMTNews
PARIS: A French mother who took her three children to Syria to join the Islamic State jihadist group in 2014 was sentenced to 14 years in jail in Paris on Friday.
Judges convicted Jihane Makhzoumi, 38, of charges including terrorism and child abandonment, highlighting her “informed participation in a criminal enterprise” described as “bloodthirsty”.Makhzoumi left France with her partner Eddy Leroux – another IS convert believed to have been killed in Syria – her three young children and a fourth child, the daughter of Leroux.
She was arrested at a Paris airport when she returned along with her three children in 2016 – Leroux’s daughter having apparently been left behind in Syria. The prosecutor had told the court Makhzoumi had a personality of “appalling egocentrism” and had “at no time shown a capacity for empathy”. “This departure to Syria is absolutely not an accident, it is the result of years of radicalisation,” said the prosecutor.Makhzoumi appeared visibly shocked when the verdict was announced and her lawyers labelled the sentence “totally disproportionate” and said they would appeal.
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