Shopkeeper sentenced to 3 months in prison after defending himself during an assault

At Porte de la Villette in the 19? arrondissement of Paris, a shopkeeper was attacked by a drug addict. The man defended himself, but it was his actions that led him into police custody and then to court. The verdict was a 3-month suspended prison sentence. This decision has provoked a great deal of reaction and fueled a debate on how self-defense is assessed. For some, it is incomprehensible that the attacker should be the one to be sentenced in this situation.