PARIS, Nov 5 President Emmanuel Macron’s former bodyguard received a three-year sentence today for assaulting two young demonstrators during an anti-capitalist protest in 2018, an incident that caused deep embarrassment for the president. Alexandre Benalla — who will not see the inside of a...
PARIS, Nov 5 President Emmanuel Macron’s former bodyguard received a three-year sentence today for assaulting two young demonstrators during an anti-capitalist protest in 2018, an incident that caused deep embarrassment for the president.
The former bouncer, now aged 30, was wearing a police helmet, even though he had only been given leave to attend the protest as an observer. After the scandal broke, Benalla also admitted carrying a handgun during outings with Macron, even though he was only authorised to have it within Macron’s party headquarters, where he was nicknamed “Rambo”.
A former senior campaign official described Benalla “as someone who could fix all the practical problems very efficiently. He thought of everything, he was our Swiss Army knife.”
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