Father of boy saved by Paris ‘Spiderman’ convicted for negligence
8 years agoThis handout picture taken and released by the Paris Fire Brigade (Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris - BSPP) on May 29, 2018, shows Paris fire brigade commander general Jean-Claude Gallet (L) speaking flanked by Mamoudou Gassama (R), the 22-year-old Malian "Spiderman" feted for saving a child hanging from a balcony, during a visit to the Paris Fire Brigade headquarters and Champerret fire station in Paris. Gassama took his first step toward French citizenship May 29 and joined the fire brigade as accolades continued to pour in over his daring rescue. Video footage of Gassama scaling four storeys of the building with his bare hands has catapulted the young man to global fame, and earned him the promise of citizenship from President Emmanuel Macron. / AFP PHOTO / BSPP - Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris / Erwan Thepault / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BSPP / ERWAN THEPAULT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
The father of the little boy who was rescued dangling from a fourth-storey Paris balcony by a Malian migrant dubbed Spiderman received a three-month suspended jail sentence Tuesday for leaving the child home alone.
