22 years in prison for woman who sent poison to Trump

WASHINGTON: A 55-yearold woman who holds dual French and Canadian nationality was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on Thursday for sending a letter containing deadly ricin to then-US president Donald Trump. Pascale Ferrier pleaded guilty in January to violating prohibitions on possession or use of banned biological weapons. Ferrier admitted that she made ricin, an extremely toxic plant protein derived from castor bean seeds, at her home in Quebec in September 2020. She sent a letter containing ricin that same month from Canada to the White House addressed to Trump and other poisonlaced letters to eight law enforcement officials in the state of Texas. – AFP