April 18, 2024

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Alexandre Benalla: Macron’s ex-bodyguard given jail term for assaulting protesters

Euronews.

By Euronews with AFP

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.

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