Overview
- France’s special terrorism court in Paris, which delivered its verdict Thursday, gave Émilie K. a five‑year term with 18 months suspended for traveling to Syria to join her husband in 2014–2016.
- She will not return to jail because 26 months already served count toward the term, and the remaining 15 months will be served at home under an electronic ankle bracelet.
- Prosecutors sought five years with one year suspended and electronic monitoring based on her steady conduct since her 2023 repatriation, and the court largely matched that request.
- The court cited no proof she fought or spread ISIS propaganda, while the defense described a relationship of control with her husband and a harrowing escape after his 2016 death.
- She was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in 2020 in the Albertville jihadist network case, then retried after returning in 2023 in what authorities call the first such retrial, with more cases of returned women expected this year.