Carlos the Jackal given life sentence for deadly 1974 Paris attack

The international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal has been given a life sentence for the 1974 grenade attack on a Paris shopping arcade. Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , once one of the world’s most wanted criminals, was convicted in France of first degree murder. Two people were killed in the Paris explosion and 34 injured. Carlos will now serve his third life sentence – having already been convicted of deadly attacks in the 1970s and 80s. Carlos the Jackal gets life sentence for 1974 Paris attack #AFP pic.twitter.com/Tf9863ZPdz— Aurelia BAILLY (@AureliaBAILLY) March 28, 2017 Carlos had pleaded innocent and denied involvement in the incident. It has taken so long for the case to come to trial because it was first dismissed for lack of evidence before being reopened when Carlos was finally captured in Sudan in 1994. His lawyers have repeatedly argued against holding the trial, arguing the attack was long ago and that sentencing jailed Carlos would have little effect.