Trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015: what defense strategies for the accused?
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Hearing sketch showing Mohamed Abrini and Salah Abdeslam on January 27, 2022 at the Paris Courthouse.
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By: Alexandra Cagnard Follow
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The trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 continues before the special assize court of Paris.
After the testimonies of the survivors and the families of the victims, it is time for the interrogations of the accused.
If twenty people are judged, only fourteen defendants are present and three appear free.
How do each other's defense strategies take shape?
Laura Martel and Nathanael Vittrant are in charge of justice at RFI.
They follow the debates carefully.
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In this new episode of
Witnesses to the news
, Laura Martel begins by specifying that the defendants are currently being questioned about the period prior to August 2015. The Assize Court is interested in whether or not the defendants have turned to radicalism.
The hearing of
Salah Abdeslam
, the only survivor of the commando attacks was eagerly awaited.
Mutic during the investigation, he finally decided to answer the court's questions.
“
There is a real evolution
explains Laura
, at the very beginning of the trial, he had a rather vehement and provocative attitude
”.
“
This time
continues Nathanael Vittrant,
he explained that if he spoke, it was because he wanted to respond to some of the civil parties.
He even said that he had been touched by certain testimonies
”.
Even if these words remain contradictory, Salah Abdeslam is not the only one to admit to having been touched by the words of the survivors of the attacks and the families of the victims.
This is particularly the case of
Sofien Ayari
, one of the alleged members of the cell: “
He said to himself that it was useless to talk and he changed his mind by directly pointing to the testimony of one of the civil parties.
This lady who looked like my mother, I told myself that I owed her that
.
Others, on the other hand, have decided to remain completely silent.
Osama Krayem
in particular, "
He sent a note to his lawyer saying that when he saw the proceedings, he had lost hope and whatever explanations he gave, it would not change the court's decision.
".
During a previous episode of
Witnesses to the news
, we wondered with Laura Martel on how to reproduce the words of the victims as faithfully as possible without being overwhelmed by emotion.
When asked whether or not it is easier during the interrogation of the accused, Laura replies: "
Emotion is not absent when you listen to the words of the accused because you are dealing with human beings and if one is less inclined to empathy, there are life paths to take into account and the relatives of these accused can also be extremely touching
”.
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