Charlie Hebdo attacker accused gets life sentence following appeal

Ali Riza Polat has been sentenced to life in prison for complicity in the January 2015 attacks at Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher supermarket.

In the original trial, in autumn 2020, Ali Riza Polat received a 30-year sentence. He appealed and has now been sentenced to life. He won't be eligible for parole for at least 20 years.

Another defendant, Amir Ramdani, received a 20-year sentence in the original trial and also appealed. On appeal, he was sentenced to 13 years.

Ali Riza Polat is alleged to have helped source weapons for the attack and draw up the plans. The prosecution sought a life sentence on appeal.

Amir Ramadan is alleged to have supplied the weapons that killed five of the 17 victims and also helped finance the attacks. The prosecution sought 20 years for him on appeal.

On 7 January 2015, brothers Saïd and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo. The next day, Amédy Coulibaly killed a police officer near Paris and then the following day killed four people in a Jewish Supermarket. All three were killed by the police.