They were sentenced to 30 years and 25 years in prison respectively. Madani, 22, was arrested in a Paris suburb a few days after the failed attack along with two other defendants, Sarah Hervouet and Amel Sakaou, who were each sentenced to 20 years. The court heard how Madani posed as a male jihadist online to try recruit women for ISIS and won over Gilligmann in messages exchanged online. Madani's lawyers described her as a lonely young woman with half-baked attack plans and a death wish - a far cry from the prosecution's characterisation of a determined gang of would-be killers. Her lawyers argued she had acted out of love for a fictitious jihadist named Abou Junayd, for whom she left her husband.

Source: The Local October 15, 2019 06:40 UTC