French pupil's father on trial for spreading lies that led to teacher's Islamist beheading

Eight charged in connection with murder of Samuel Paty in Paris suburbs in 2020 It was a killing that started with started with a lie. In October 2020, an Islamist terrorist tracked down and decapitated professor Samuel Paty as he left school on the last day before half-term holidays. In the days preceding his murder, Paty, 47, who taught geography and history, had been the subject of an intense campaign of online harassment sparked when a 13-year-old student claimed he had discriminated against...