Father who said he would have BEHEADED his son's primary school teacher 'if she was a man' for calling him 'a little bully' is jailed after case shocked France
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By SHANNON MCGUIGAN, NEWS REPORTER
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A father has been jailed after threatening to behead his son's teacher 'if [she] were a man' in a case that has rocked a village in southwestern France.
Abdelkader B., 47, from Le Fauga threatened to 'cut off the head' of a teacher on September 4, 2026, Toulouse Criminal Court heard.
The following Monday, her coworkers refused to go into the school due to the incident.
Meanwhile, a fast-track hearing was held just six days after the events transpired in the village with a population of only 2,600 people.
The teacher, who has been granted official protection and is now on sick leave, was approached by Abdelkalder B. on September 4, 2026.
The father admitted he approached the school staff member after a meeting with the school's principal and used the informal 'tu' to address her.
The 47-year-old confessed it was 'perhaps a little aggressive' as he asked her why she called his son a 'little bully'.
While he denied the allegations at the time, he told the court he 'lost it' because the teacher's tone escalated in front of the office.
He said it was in this moment he said he told her: 'If you were a man, I would have cut your head off.'
Abdelkalder B., 47, from Le Fauga threatened to 'cut off the head' of a teacher on September 4, 2026, Toulouse Criminal Court heard
However, his testimony did not match the victim's or the witnesses', who said the first beheading threat was launched in the car park.
He then followed the teacher after she went into the school and was heard saying 'don't be surprised if tomorrow [my son] comes with a knife and stabs you', by another teacher.
Ms Momasso Momasso, representing the victim, said the teacher 'saw herself ending up like Samuel Paty'.
'This case is one of the most serious,' she said, according to local media. 'When he utters those words, he knows who he's talking to. He knows the country's scars.'
Samuel Paty was a teacher who was beheaded outside of his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris, in 2020.
In light of France's history, Ms Momasso, who is also a lawyer for the Toulouse education authority, said the remarks are 'no longer tolerable in France in 2026.'
She added: 'Teachers should no longer have to go to work with a knot in their stomach.'
Abdelkalder B. apologised and said he 'was really not proud' of himself', insisting he was 'not a violent person'. He has been sentenced to six months behind bars.
He has also been ordered to take a citizenship course and has been banned from going near the victim or contacting the school for three years.
Meanwhile, French Education Minister Edouard Geffray said: 'No teacher should be afraid to do their job. Attacking one of them is attacking the entire institution.'
A new law to protect teachers from 'significant risk' from students or their family members was spearheaded by the minister over the summer.
The decree passed in July means children can be moved to different schools if they are involved in an incident that poses a significant risk to staff.
It is believed the boy and his younger sister will be moved to a school outside of Le Fauga.
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