Frenchman on trial for helping girl, 14, seeking to join IS
The French girl knew him as "Tony Toxiko" -- an Islamic State recruiter who first used Facebook to cajole her into joining him in Syria, then brusquely called to force the issue: Come to me or risk damnation. She was 14.
The recruiter promised to marry Amelia and teach her to fight, but first she had to get to the war zone and needed an adult's help. The middleman, Riad Ben Cheikh, went on trial in Paris on Friday on charges of criminal association with the preparation of a terrorist act, and aiding a runaway. Amelia has since become pregnant and is believed to be in Syria, the prosecutor and defense lawyers said Friday.
