The pair, named only as Steeve, 21, and Vincent, 18, scrawled Nazi graffiti, including swastikas and "Heil Hitler" slogans, over 52 Muslim graves at the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette cemetery near the Belgian border.
The prosecution had asked the court in Arras for a sentence that would "be an example for all the Nazi-sympathisers of their type."
But defence lawyer David Lefranc painted his clients as "small-fry skin-heads" and Steeve, who is unemployed, denied being a supporter of Hitler.
A 16-year-old suspected accomplice will appear separately before a youth court because of his age.
Before the trial, all three apologised to the Muslim community in letters published online by their lawyer. Steeve read out a similar letter in court on Wednesday.
Source: Expatica (English)
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