MONTPELLIER, France -- A French artist allegedly traumatized by last week's Spain bombings was convicted of trying to run over a pedestrian he mistook for Osama bin Laden and ordered to pay the man $615.
The 35-year-old defendant, identified as Pierre, was sentenced Tuesday by a court in this southern France city to a three-month suspended prison term. The man he tried to run over was unharmed.
Pierre's lawyer, David Mendel, said his client was the "victim of a hallucination" while driving Monday through Montpellier's historic center.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was able to run from the oncoming car, which crashed along the side of a street.
"If it was (bin Laden), we would have won $5 million," Mendel said, referring to a reward.
The Madrid train bombings, which killed 201 people, increasingly appear to have been orchestrated by Islamic extremists with links to bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.
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Although the man was traumatized by the bombings, and I believe it's quite possible, I feel it's disgusting he'd be willing to plow another human down for the sake of a 5 million dollar payout.
I don't care if he thought it was Bin Laden or not. It just shows how greed rule people and it's pretty pathetic.
Man Thought He Was Running Over Osama Bin Laden
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And not a day of jail time either. That's unbelievable, but it goes to show you the lack of respect as I'm sure it has to do with the man being Muslim ......but I mean come on, every Muslim is a terrorist after all!major.tom wrote:[sarcasm]Consider the odds: if the guy appeared to be Muslim, it must've been Bin Laden. Right?[/sarcasm]
I'm unimpressed with French justice. Assault with a deadly weapon (or even attempted murder) is worth $615?!?