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A retired teacher who ripped off a Muslim woman's veil in the world's first known case of "burka rage" has been given a one-month suspended jail sentence.

Jeanne Ruby, 63, said she "saw red" when she met burkaclad Shaika al-Suwaidi, 26, in a Paris shop in February.

She admitted during her trial: "This whole burka issue was really bothering me. I knew I would crack one day.

"I grabbed at it and pulled because, to me, wearing a full veil is an attack on being a woman. I felt attacked."

The pair had to be separated by security guards after coming to blows when Ruby tore the burka.

Ms al-Suwaidi's lawyer said his client had gone back to her native Emirates because of the "racist attack".

The case comes just a month after France gave final approval to a law banning the veil from all public places.