Alexandra D., false suspected victim of the attacks of November 13 in Paris, must know its judgment this Tuesday, October 16th. Prosecuted for fraud and false testimony, she faces 18 months in prison

After three years of lying, she finally admitted that she was not on the terrace of Carillon, targeted by a jihadist commando on November 13, 2015 in Paris: Alexandra D., prosecuted for fraud and false testimony, will know his judgment this Tuesday.

In front of the correctional court on October 2, the 32-year-old Parisian confessed crying that she was "guilty" and "asked for forgiveness" . He is accused of having defrauded the Guarantee Fund for victims of terrorism and other criminal offenses (FGTI) up to € 20,000, but also the French Association of Victims of Terrorism (AFVT), thanks to which it had benefited a therapeutic internship in a hotel in Normandy.

On the evening of November 13, 2015, this regular Carillon had planned to go before changing programs. The bloodiest attacks in France, which had targeted cafe terraces, the Bataclan Hall and the Stade de France, had left 130 dead.

After the Carillon bombing in which she "lost knowledge," an overwhelming "guilt" arose, she said: "Could I have saved them? In his head, the "I should have been" had become "I was there" .

Inconsistencies in his story

Photos of a scar in support, Alexandra D. had said to have been hit on the elbow by a gust of Kalashnikov. She had tattooed the motto of Paris, "Fluctuat nec mergitur", willingly engaged in photo ops with media, as with AFP, and enjoyed meeting officials at tribute ceremonies.

Many inconsistencies in his story, including contradictory statements in the media, led to the opening of an investigation. "In my lie, my stupidity, my pain," "I got into a machine," "I had both feet in," she said, describing the "bubble of protection" that was the main association of victims of 13-November, Life for Paris.

While the young woman claimed to have "never been in the pecuniary research" , the prosecution required 18 months firm against her, pointing to a record "marked by greed" of the one that had revived ten times the Guarantee Fund. "We are much more in a psychic runaway than in a logic of fraud," on the contrary supported his lawyer, William Bourdon. The case "destroyed my life," said Alexandra D. Threatened on social networks, she lost her job because of this case.

About fifteen people have already been sentenced for attempted fraud or scams related to the attacks of 2015.