(National-UAE) A 38-year-old French woman repatriated from Syria in 2022 after joining ISIS in Syria has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
Details of the life of the woman, known as Lucie C, were discussed during a three-day trial at the Paris special assize court. She had travelled by car to Syria in 2014 with her partner, a French-Turkish citizen named Omar Y, her brother, his wife and two other people. All came from the eastern city of Vesoul. It has been described as a hotbed of radicalised converts.
In Raqqa, Lucie C felt “at home” and “lived well” in spacious apartments, benefitting from her spouse’s status. He held important positions within ISIS’s security apparatus in Raqqa and monitored how the group was portrayed online in France. French ISIS recruits were involved in propaganda linked to deadly attacks organised by the group against France in 2015.
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