Macron's ex-bodyguard given jail term for assaulting protesters
Source: Euronews with AFP
Alexandre Benalla: Macron's ex-bodyguard given jail term for assaulting protesters
By Euronews with AFP • Updated: 05/11/2021 - 15:15
Emmanuel Macron's former bodyguard has been handed a three-year jail term for assaulting protesters at a march in Paris.
Alexandre Benalla, 30, sparked uproar when a video emerged of him hitting a man and dragging a woman during a 2018 May Day protest.
The footage showed him wearing a police helmet and badge.
On Friday, a court in Paris handed him a jail term for violence at the protest and for usurping the role of a police officer.
His actions led to a major political crisis for the French presidency as it emerged that the Elysée had suspended Benalla for two weeks after the video emerged but that he continued to work for Macron afterwards.
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