PARIS - The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has appealed his four-month suspended prison sentence handed down by a Paris court for physically abusing his partner, judicial sources said Tuesday.
The court sentenced Motassim Bilal Kadhafi, known as Hannibal Kadhafi, for "voluntary violence on a vulnerable person," referring to his pregnant partner, and carrying an unlicensed firearm.
The court had also ordered him to pay a 500 euro (620 dollar) fine. Kadhafi appealed on Monday.
Charges against the 28-year-old emerged from scuffles in two luxury Paris hotels on February 1 during which he produced a handgun.
His pregnant partner pressed charges against the son of the Libyan leader, saying he had hit her landing her in hospital for treatment. She later withdrew the charges.
France formally protested to Libya and the French foreign ministry ruled that he did not have diplomatic immunity.
05/31/2005 12:38 GMT