The Pastor appeal trial opened Monday, March 2, 2020 - Gérard Julien / AFP

The trial of the four men tried on appeal for the murders of Hélène Pastor and her driver, including the own son-in-law of the Monegasque billionaire, was suspended on Monday and postponed sine die due to the epidemic of new coronavirus.

The trial, which had started on March 2 before the Bouches-du-Rhône Court of Appeal, is postponed for "health risks, risk of future confinement that could disturb free movement and risk for a lawyer who is subject to risk" , announced the chairman of the conference, Jean-Luc Tournier at the start of the hearing.

" I am innocent "

Convicted at first instance to imprisonment for having ordered the assassination of his mother-in-law, the former honorary consul of Poland in Monaco, Wojciech Janowski, 70, had once again claimed his innocence before the jurors at the start of his trial on appeal: "I am not the sponsor, I am innocent," he argued.

Hélène Pastor, 77, and her driver, Mohamed Darwich, 63, were fatally wounded by gunshots on May 6, 2014, outside a hospital in Nice where she had visited her son.

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  • Assassination
  • Court of Appeal
  • Trial
  • Nice
  • Justice
  • Monaco