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AFP – Prosecutors called Tuesday for a life sentence for the leader of a Paris gang known as The Barbarians accused of the kidnap, torture and murder of a young Jewish man.

The call came as the two-month trial wound down of gang leader Youssouf Fofana who admittted in court to carrying out the crime that shocked France for its sheer brutality.

He called for sentences ranging from five to 13 years for several others of Fofana’s 26 alleged accomplices.

Prosecutor Philippe Bilger called for 20-year sentences for two of Fofana’s alleged closest accomplices in the crime committed in February 2006, and for 12 years for a young woman allegedly used to lure the victim to his doom.

Ilan Halimi was kidnapped and subjected to torture for 24 days before he was found naked and handcuffed to a tree near a railway track on February 13, 2006.

The court’s verdict is due on July 11.

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