CARLOS THE JACKAL, ONCE THE WORLD’S MOST WANTED, GETS THIRD LIFE TERM

PARIS: A French court sent Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most wanted criminals, back to jail for his third life sentence on Tuesday after convicting him of a grenade attack 42 years ago on a Paris shop that killed two people. The Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is already serving two life sentences in France for deadly attacks in the 1970s and 1980s. The 67-year-old Ramirez, white-haired now, denounced the trial as “absurd” in a statement before the verdict. Ramirez was charged with murder over the Sept. 15, 1974 grenade attack on a in central Paris, which also injured 34 people. He denied involvement. Defence lawyers, alleging heavy media coverage had influenced the judges, said they would appeal.