French man who slapped President Macron gets 4-month jail term
A man has been jailed for slapping French President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
Damien Tarel, 28, said he hit the French leader impulsively with a ‘rather violent’ slap that caught his left cheek with an audible thwack on Tuesday.
A court in the city of Valence, south-east France, convicted Tarel on a charge of violence against a person invested with public authority.
He was sentenced to four months in prison and given an additional 14-month suspended sentence.
Tarel has also been banned from ever holding public office and from owning weapons for five years.
Source: Metro News