The battle for medical expertise continues in the context of the death of Adama Traoré. After hearing a new witness earlier this month, the examining magistrates responsible for the case order a new expert opinion. This will be entrusted to four Belgian doctors. For Rodolphe Bosselut, the lawyer for two of the three gendarmes who arrested Adama Traoré four years ago, this decision could possibly clear his customers by confirming the hypothesis of a death from malignant hyperthermia.
"This expertise was sought following a new hearing of the witness with whom Adama Traoré took refuge when he was arrested. This witness had reported the state of exhaustion of Adama Traoré, which he confirmed by adding that Adama Traore would have entrusted him: 'I will die', reports to Europe 1 Rodolphe Bosselut.
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Determine the exact cause of death
It is in this context that the judges decided on a new measure of expertise. "The mission entrusted to the Belgian experts is extremely complete," insists Maître Bosselut. "She notably asks to investigate exhaustively the hypothesis of malignant hyperthermia, that is to say, to put it mildly, of a 'heat stroke' as the exclusive origin of death."
A crisis of malignant hyperthermia can occur after an intensive effort, it is generally manifested by a high body temperature and a change in consciousness. To defend this thesis, the defense relies in particular on the temperature recorded on the body of Adama Traoré two hours after his death: 39.2 ° c.