the anti-terrorism prosecution demands thirty years in prison against Audrey Mondjehi, the main accused

Audrey Mondjehi is on trial for complicity in assassinations and attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise.

He “could not” ignore the project of the jihadist Chérif Chekatt. Thirty years of criminal imprisonment, with a two-thirds security period, were requested on Tuesday April 2 against Audrey Mondjehi, the main accused in the trial for the attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in 2018.

This 42-year-old Ivorian “was not the one who pulled the trigger, but it was through his direct and voluntary fault that death was thrown into Strasbourg”, castigated one of the two representatives of the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office before the Paris Assize Court. The magistrate also requested a permanent ban from French territory against Audrey Mondjehi, a repeat offender who arrived in France at the age of 9.

Help to obtain weapons

The forty-year-old “appears at all stages of project preparation and execution” criminal of Chérif Chekatt, according to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office. On December 11, 2018, after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group, the attacker killed five people and injured eleven others in the crowded streets of the Alsatian capital. He was then shot dead by the police after two days of tracking.

Audrey Mondjehi, who admitted to having helped him obtain weapons, is on trial for complicity in assassinations and attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise. He explained in substance during the debates that he was unaware of the radicalization of his “boyfriend” and that he had acted for him “do a service” because he thought that Chérif Chekatt wanted to commit a robbery.

Prison required for two other accused

The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office has also requested five years in prison against two other defendants, who appear free after spending two years and eighteen months respectively in pre-trial detention. They are also accused of playing a role as intermediaries, but of lesser importance, in helping Chérif Chekatt to obtain weapons.

A fourth accused was also prosecuted for having put together the seller and the buyer of the weapon used by the jihadist on the evening of the killing. The debates, however, established that he was not in fact present on the day of this connection. The prosecution requested his acquittal. The man spent fourteen months in pre-trial detention.