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French teacher given suspended sentence after pupil's 2019 suicide

A French court on Monday handed a teacher a one-year suspended jail term after finding bullying of an 11-year-old pupil who killed herself in 2019, a ruling described as rare in France.

Published Apr 13, 2026, 10:32 AM EDT | WFMZZ

A French court on Monday handed a teacher a one-year suspended jail sentence after finding he bullied an 11-year-old pupil who killed herself in 2019. The verdict, which links the teacher's conduct to the child's death, is considered a rare ruling in France.