Man who kidnapped, murdered Parisian Jew gets 10 more years in jail

Youssouf Fofana, who is serving a life sentence in France for the brutal murder of a Parisian Jew, received another 10 years in jail for earlier extortions, including of a Jewish lawyer.

Fofana, a 36-year-old career criminal, in 2006 murdered and tortured Ilan Halimi with more than a dozen accomplices because Halimi was Jewish.

Joseph Cohen-Sabban, a criminal attorney, accused Fofana of threatening him and says tried to extort him in 2004, Le Parisien weekly reports.

— JTA

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