One of the accomplices to the terrorist attack at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg in 2018 was handed a 30-year prison sentence on Thursday.
The 42-year-old was found guilty of helping the gunman implement his terrorist plans by procuring weapons. But while he was found to have been aware of the attack plot, the court in Paris did not deem him a co-perpetrator.
Five people were killed and eleven others injured in the attack.
Four suspected accomplices of the perpetrator had been on trial in Paris since February. The defendants, all men, were alleged to have helped with the procurement of weapons.
The court sentenced two other defendants, who also helped to procure weapons without knowing about the attack plans, to prison terms of four and five years. As they had already spent a long time in pre-trial detention, their remaining sentences were suspended or can be served with an ankle bracelet under house arrest.
The fourth defendant was acquitted.
An appeal against the judgements is possible.
Islamist Chérif Chekatt, 29, attacked people with a firearm and a large knife in the alleyways and squares of the French city in the pre-Christmas hustle and bustle on the evening of December 11, 2018.
Several musicians tried to stop the attacker during his bloody rampage as panic spread through the streets. There was an exchange of fire with the military forces deployed to protect the Christmas market.
Chekatt initially managed to escape in a taxi. Strasbourg was feverish for 49 hours before the attacker was killed in a gunfight with officers in the Neudorf neighbourhood of the city following a manhunt in the French-German border area.
The terrorist militia Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack. Chekatt had sworn allegiance to Islamic State in a video. The recording was found on a USB stick in his flat.