A French court on Wednesday handed a four-year jail term to an arsonist for starting a fire that severely damaged a Gothic cathedral in the city of Nantes in 2020.
The parish volunteer who started a fire that severely damaged the 15th Century Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes in 2020 has been sentenced to four years in prison for arson.
The Gothic cathedral s 17th century organ, which had survivied the French revolution and WWII bombing, was destroyed in the 2020 blaze, along with priceless artefacts.