Jihadist gets 30 months for threatening lawyer in terrorism trial

A French court has sentenced Charaf-Din Aberouz to 30 months in prison for threatening lawyer Me Thibault de Montbrial. Aberouz, who has prior terrorism convictions, targeted Montbrial in January 2026 during the trial of his brother, Mohamed Lamine Aberouz. The brother was sentenced to life imprisonment for an attack in Magnanville.

During the trial, Aberouz gestured an "excoriation" and told his brother, "Don't worry, he's dead," while pointing at Montbrial. Investigators discovered Aberouz had shared the lawyer's information with thirteen contacts, including a perpetrator of a December 2023 attack on the Bir-Hakeim bridge in Paris. The court found Aberouz guilty of death threats against Montbrial.

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Don't worry, he's dead

In addition to the prison sentence, the Paris court issued a three-year ban preventing Aberouz from contacting Montbrial or going to his home or workplace. Aberouz was also ordered to pay €10,000 for moral damages and €4,000 for state-borne expenses. The Bar Association was recognized as a civil party, receiving a symbolic one euro.

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was well targeted by the threats whose materiality has been demonstrated