The judge who sentenced Marine Le Pen to prison and barred her from running in the presidential race has been placed under armed police protection after "clearly expressed personal threats".
Far-right supporters of the 56-year-old politician are believed to have targeted 63-year-old judge Benedicte de Perthuis.
A police source told Le Parisien that Judge De Perthuis had received "a large number of messages containing clearly expressed personal threats."
The newspaper added: 'As a result, the police presence has been increased near her home.'
The other two judges who made up the professional jury at the Paris Correctional Court have also been threatened, the source said.
Meanwhile, Le Pen was last night dining in a private room upstairs at the Laurent restaurant in Paris – scene of Kate Moss' infamous 50th birthday celebrations a few years ago.

The politician and more than 20 other party officials were found guilty on Monday of stealing millions of euros worth of taxpayer money from the European taxpayer.
They did this for at least a decade, while they were MEPs working in the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg.
Instead of spending the money on assistants in their European roles, they used it to finance the National Rally (NR) in Paris.