"Thousands of protesters have rallied in Paris and across France after the killer of a Jewish woman was declared unfit to stand trial because he was judged to have suffered a psychotic episode caused by cannabis use.
Kobili Traoré is accused of beating 65-year-old Lucie Attal – better known as Sarah Halimi – and throwing her from the balcony her Paris apartment in 2017.
French courts have recognised the killing as an antisemitic crime but declared that 32-year-old Traoré, currently in a psychiatric hospital, could not be tried as he was in the grip of a drug-induced 'delusional fit' and not in control of his actions.
The decision made 12 days ago by France's highest court, the cour de cassation, to uphold the ruling has prompted anger among Halimi's family and the wider community.
The family described the decision as an "injustice"; her sister Esther Lekover announced after the court's decision that she would bring a separate legal case in Israel, where she lives.
Demonstrations were organised in Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg and Nice, as well as in Rome, Tel Aviv, London, Los Angeles, Miami and New York..."