Cécile Djunga case: Belgian jailed for racism targeting TV presenter

A man has been jailed for 15 days for sending race hate messages to a Belgian TV host after she complained of a stream of abuse she received while presenting the weather forecast.

Cécile Djunga, who now also appears regularly on French TV, spoke out in 2018 about the racist messages and she was supported by her bosses.

In the end one man was prosecuted for his racist response to her video.

Outside the court Ms Djunga said she was satisfied racism had been punished.

In a Facebook post ahead of the verdict, she said the case had been a traumatic experience that had changed her for ever.

"I had never experienced a court battle and I didn't appreciate the psychological effect it could have. It's very violent," said Ms Djunga, who works for Belgium's French-language public broadcaster RTBF. "For days I cried in silence without ever really knowing why."