France’s anti-terrorism court has convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in 2020.

Eight people accused of assisting an Islamic extremist who beheaded a French history teacher outside his school will hear the verdicts in their cases

Samuel Paty was killed by an Islamic extremist outside his school, days after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate on free expression.

A French court has sentenced eight people to prison for their roles in a hate campaign that led to the murder of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in October 2020. The sentences handed down range from three to 16 years.

France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago, a horrific death that shocked the country.