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Top French jihadist and wife handed jail terms

This court sketch made on March 14, 2022 shows Kevin Guiavarch (R), a French jihadist who left to fight in Syria, and his four wives, during his trial at the Paris courthouse. AFP - BENOIT PEYRUCQ

A Paris appeals court on Friday handed a 14-year jail term to a high-profile French jihadist convicted of terrorist offences linked to Syria.

The court upheld the sentence against Kevin Guiavarch handed down by a lower court but was more lenient in ruling that most of the term will not be served behind bars.

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