French court gives man who slapped Macron 4 months in jail: BFM TV
The Peninsula
PARIS: A French court ordered the man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face to serve four months in jail, BFM TV reported.
The court gave Damien Tarel, 28, a fan of medieval swordsmanship and martial arts, a sentence of 18 months in jail, but 14 of those months were suspended, the broadcaster reported. Earlier, Tarel told the court in Valence in southern France, that he was a right-wing sympathiser who acted because the president stood for all that was rotten with France, the news channel said.More Related News