Prosecutors have called for a life sentence without parole for the Frenchman on trial for holding French journalists and aid workers hostage in Syria for the Islamic State armed group. The four other men on trial face sentences of 20 years to life.
Benjamin Chambre and the anti-terrorist prosecution team demanded a life sentence for Mehdi Nemmouche, with a minimum 22 years without parole, during an eight-hour hearing on Wednesday in a Paris court.
