A Paris court has sentenced a 49-year-old Corsican independence militant to five years in prison for weapons offences linked to a terrorist enterprise. The tribunal also imposed an order banning him from holding a weapon, stripping him of eligibility rights, and forbidding him from contacting other people prosecuted in the case. He was immediately jailed under a detention order and sent to Fleury-Mérogis. The court conviction followed an investigation opened after an FLNC video showing armed men. The militant was suspected of taking part in a clandestine press conference of the Front de Liberation Nationale de la Corse (FLNC) on 5 May 2021, where a new armed group called “FLNC Magjhu 21” was announced. In March 2024, he was placed under formal investigation by the anti-terrorist unit in Paris for “association of wrongdoers for the purpose of preparing one or more acts of terrorism.” Later, the charges were reclassified and the case narrowed to weapons possession linked to a terrorist enterprise. Nationalist parties in Corsica criticised the sentence, calling it scandalous and arguing that the case against him was empty, while others said the ruling was extremely severe and unjust. As it stands, the militant has been sentenced to five years and is in custody in Fleury-Mérogis.