Macron's ex-bodyguard handed jail sentence over May Day assaults


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: Alexandre Benalla, a former security advisor of French President Emmanuel Macron, arrives on the first day of his trial for violence committed against demonstrators at a May Day protest in 2018, at the courthouse in Paris, France, September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -A former security adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron was sentenced on Friday to three years in jail, two of them suspended, over charges including roughing up May Day protesters in 2018, media reported.

The May Day scandal was an embarrassment for Macron, who is expected to run again in elections next year.

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