Overview
- Already in custody, Othmane B. and Sabrina M. were sentenced to 30 months in prison with immediate committal after the Marseille tribunal’s ruling on January 28.
- The court convicted them of public apology of crime for reposting on Snapchat a message offering €120,000 to kill the then-director of Baumettes prison and acquitted them of intimidation and threats.
- Coverage attributes the purported contract to the DZ Mafia, a link reported by media that remains under investigation.
- The director and her deputy were placed under police protection and relocated after an armed commando was arrested near the prison.
- Investigators identified the account owners after the prison administration provided screenshots to prosecutors, and the defendants face contact and regional entry bans with 10 days to appeal.