THE GUARDIAN: Jeanne Ruby bit, slapped and scratched Middle Eastern woman who was wearing face-covering Muslim veil
A Paris court today gave a retired French teacher a one-month suspended sentence for attacking a Middle Eastern woman who was wearing a face-covering Muslim veil.
The court also ordered Jeanne Ruby to pay €800 (£698) in damages to the victim, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates.
Ruby had been charged with aggravated violence, and the prosecutor had asked that she be given a two-month suspended sentence. >>> Associated Press | Thursday, November 04, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A French court on Thursday handed out a one-month suspended jail sentence to a retired female teacher who attacked a woman in a shop for wearing a face-covering Islamic veil.
The Paris court heard that the defendant, who had worked in several Arab countries, set upon a 26-year-old Emirati woman in a shop, first trying to tug off her niqab veil and then slapping, scratching and biting her on the hand.
"I knew that I was going to crack one day. This burka business was beginning to annoy me," the defendant told police, saying she was fighting for women's rights, according to evidence heard in court. >>> | Thursday, November 04, 2010
