French Police Officers Suspended For Brutal Assault Of Black Man
Three French police officers have been given suspended jail sentences for assaulting a black man with a baton in a north-west Paris suburb.
One officer received a 12-month suspended sentence and the other two received three-month sentences.
Théo Luhaka was left disabled with irreversible anal injuries from a police baton during a stop-and-search in Aulnay-sous-Bois in February 2017.
Mr Luhaka, then 22, also said he was beaten, racially abused and spat at.
The case sparked unrest and protests on housing estates in Paris.
Officer Marc-Antoine Castelain, 34, was found guilty of a truncheon blow that seriously injured Mr Luhaka, and was handed a 12-month suspended sentence.
Jeremie Dulin, 42, and Tony Hochart, 31, were handed three-month suspended sentences for intentional violence, following a trial which started on 9 January.
