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Cheurfi did not appear to become radicalised during his time in prison.<ref name="Telegraph"/> Lawyer Jean-Laurent Panier, who represented Cheurfi at a theft trial, said shortly after the 2017 attack that Cheurfi was "psychologically fragile" and a naive and unsuccessful criminal, adding "I never got a sense that this was someone who would be radicalised."<ref name="Telegraph"/> | Cheurfi did not appear to become radicalised during his time in prison.<ref name="Telegraph"/> Lawyer Jean-Laurent Panier, who represented Cheurfi at a theft trial, said shortly after the 2017 attack that Cheurfi was "psychologically fragile" and a naive and unsuccessful criminal, adding "I never got a sense that this was someone who would be radicalised."<ref name="Telegraph"/> | ||
Cheurfi lived an isolated existence with few or no friends,<ref name="Telegraph"/> and stayed with his parents in Chelles, Paris.<ref name="Indy"/> | Cheurfi lived an isolated existence with few or no friends,<ref name="Telegraph"/> and stayed with his parents in Chelles, Paris.<ref name="Indy"/> Neighbours in the ethnically-diverse eastern suburb described him as a vulnerable but violent mentally ill man with a deep hatred of police and who never visited his local mosque.<ref name="TheLocal">[https://www.thelocal.fr/20170421/champs-elyses-shooter-has-history-of-violence-against-police Champs-Elysées gunman: An unstable criminal who 'hated French police'], ''The Local'', April 2017</ref> | ||
==Radicalisation== | ==Radicalisation== |