Overview
- The tribunal imposed a 30‑month term with 12 months suspended and issued a 10‑year ban from French territory.
- The court classified the assault as aggravated antisemitic violence and acknowledged altered discernment, resulting in a sentence below the 3 years and 4 months requested by the prosecutor.
- The attack occurred on June 6, 2025 in Neuilly‑sur‑Seine, where Rabbi Elie Lemmel, 64, was struck in the face with a chair at a café terrace, leading to four days of medical incapacity.
- Muath J. refused to appear at the hearing, having previously been hospitalized under constraint after his arrest and remaining in detention.
- Two psychiatric expert reports reached opposing conclusions, and the court ordered €3,000 to Lemmel and €1,000 to the Organisation Juive Européenne, with the case file noting a similar chair assault in Germany days earlier.