Restaurant Owner Faces Trial for Denying Entry to Veiled Woman in French Pyrenees

Placed in custody and then referred to the Bayonne prosecutor’s office for "discrimination based on alleged religion," the restaurateur will appear before the Bayonne criminal court on September 20, reports France Bleu. Already involved in a similar case in the past without being prosecuted, this 58-year-old woman faces up to five years in prison and a fine.

The son of the customer refused entry to the restaurant had filmed the scene and posted a video on social networks. "The facts of discrimination are generally very difficult to prove, but they seem well established in this case," reported Amandine Boyer, deputy prosecutor of the Republic in Bayonne. The mother and her son should join the civil party.