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in Paris. The trial lasted over nine months, with verdicts announced on 29 June 2022. The prosecution asked for a life sentence with a minimum term of 22 years; Abrini's lawyers, Marie
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Abrini was due to stand trial for his role in the
Brussels bombings in October 2022 but the start of the trial was delayed when lawyers objected to the individual glass cubicles that had been provided for the defendants. The cubicles were replaced by a glass box in the specially built courtroom in
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Abrini took part in preparations for the Paris attacks and, on 12 November 2015, set off for Paris in a convoy with the other ten terrorists. During the night he took a taxi back to
Brussels, where he went into hiding. Two days later he was identified as a suspect when CCTV footage emerged of him
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headquarters. After a trial lasting seven months and jury deliberations lasting eighteen days, Abrini was found guilty of terrorist-related murder and attempted murder. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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but emphasizing the fact that he had renounced his role as a suicide bomber the night before. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years.
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130:Personal background
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