French court found Halimi's pot-smoking murderer not criminally responsible, citing 'delusional episode'

Protesters in Tel Aviv and Paris gathered on Sunday to demonstrate against the decision of France’s highest court that found the murderer of elderly Jewish Frenchwoman Sarah Halimi not criminally responsible as he had smoked cannabis before throwing the victim off the balcony to her death.

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The court on Tuesday rejected a complaint lodged by Halimi's family against the decision rendered in 2019 by the Paris Court of Appeal, which ruled that Kobili Traoré, 27, who shouted "Allahu Akbar" and recited a number of verses from the Koran before killing his 65-year-old neighbor, could not be tried after sustaining a "delusional" episode from heavy marijuana consumption. Read more at i24