Jail Term Sought in McDonald’s Attack

A prosecutor recommended that a sheep farmer who has waged a high-profile battle against globalization receive a 10-month jail sentence, with nine months suspended, for vandalizing a McDonald’s restaurant in the southern French town of Millau. Jose Bove was on trial in Millau with nine other defendants who attacked the restaurant last August during a wave of protests targeting the fast-food chain as a symbol of U.S. trade “hegemony” and economic globalization. Prosecutor Alain Durand also recommended that Bove spend 18 months on probation. Bove said he would appeal any sentence. Durand requested that the other defendants receive suspended sentences of no longer than three months.