In March, the truck driver received a six-month suspended jail sentence over a violent confrontation after a car accident. Patrons of the small Nice gym where the brawny bodybuilding aficionado was a regular until two years ago and took salsa classes for a time, recalled him as a "show-off" and a flirt. His father, who lost touch with his son years ago, told AFP he had shown no interest in religion as a youth. One former neighbour, who also asked not to be named, described him as violent man who had lashed out after his wife requested a divorce. He gained residency a year later, married a local woman of Tunisian origin, with whom he had his children, and went to work as a delivery driver.

Source: The Local July 17, 2016 13:52 UTC