The trial of the 2015 attacks enters its sixth week on Monday.

After hearing investigators and victims, the Paris Special Assize Court questions the 11 defendants present.

One of them, Willy Prevost, claims to have acted under the "influence" of jihadist Amédy Coulibaly and denies having known about his plans for attacks.

The trial of the January 2015 attacks is entering its sixth week.

After hearing victims and investigators, the Paris Special Assize Court is questioning the 11 defendants present from Monday.

One of them, Willy Prevost, had bought a car, tactical vests and knives for Amédy Coulibaly.

In court, the accused explained that he had acted under the "influence" of the jihadist and denied having known of his plans for attacks. 

Child of the district of Grande Borne, in Essonne, where he knew Amédy Coulibaly, Willy Prevost has a reading of the facts very different from that of the prosecution.

He explains, with medical records in support, having acted under the threat of the terrorist, who had beaten him a few years earlier for a history of debt and who would have threatened his family.

"I am not a terrorist, me", he insists.

"What I bought is legal"

Shaved head, imposing build and stooped shoulders, standing in the glass box, Willy Prevost begins to lose patience.

He calls out to the court: "But where did you grow up? Has anyone in this room ever seen an armed man arrive at his house to threaten his family? I said to myself that I had to go his way, do what he asked for, otherwise I knew the price. What I bought is legal. "

Willy Prevost faces twenty years imprisonment for criminal terrorist association. 

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"Stories to sleep on"

As for the Islamist radicalization of Coulibaly, Willy Prévost denies having knowledge of it, or having shared it.

These are "stories to sleep on", the accused gets angry, the tone more aggressive when asked if he is "converted to Islam", as said several people of his entourage who must be heard later in the afternoon.

"Al-Qaeda, let them go bomb their mother, these sons of ..." he exclaims, interrupted by his lawyer, taken aback by the language of his client.

He concludes his questioning with a list of all the traces left by the latter during his purchases.

"Are you a fool? No. If you're not a fool, you had no idea what was going on."

A version far from being shared by the civil parties.