A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for helping an Islamist attacker who killed five people at a French Christmas market in December 2018.
Audrey Mondjehi, 42, was convicted of obtaining a gun used by Cherif Chekatt, who shot and stabbed his victims in Strasbourg, north-eastern France.
The pair were former prison cell mates, the trial was told.
Two other men were handed shorter sentences for assisting Chekatt. A fourth man was acquitted.
Five people were killed when Chekatt opened fire on the crowd at the festive market. He was shot dead by police two days later.
On 29 February, Mondjehi and others accused of helping him in the days before the attack went on trial at the Court of Assize in Paris.
Arnaud Friedrich, a lawyer representing some of the victims' families, told AFP news agency it was a "key moment" for his clients.
Mondjehi was not convicted of a terrorism offence as the court said he did not know what Chekatt planned to use the weapon for.
According to AFP, Mondjehi told his trial: "I think deeply and feel a lot of sadness for all the victims. All my life I will regret what happened.
"I would never have thought that he would have done that, I never thought that he was radicalised."
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