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Alain JEAN-ROBERT

Teen Who Lied About Beheaded French Teacher's Class Says 'Sorry'

Samuel Paty was beheaded by a radical Islamist teenager (Credit: AFP)

A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator's murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday.

Eight people have been on trial since early November, charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old of Chechen origin beheading teacher Samuel Paty outside Paris in 2020.

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