Europe 1 with AFP 2:59 p.m., May 31, 2022, modified at 2:59 p.m., May 31, 2022
"Ten defendants detained out of eleven refuse to appear", announced the president to the court, without specifying the reason for this movement.
According to lawyers, the ten absent defendants would be in solidarity with one of them, the Pakistani Muhammad Usman, who suffers from an eye problem and who was already absent from the hearing on Monday for this reason.
Ten defendants in the trial of the November 13 attacks, including the only survivor of the Salah Abdeslam commando, refused to appear on Tuesday before the special assize court in Paris, forcing President Jean-Louis Périès to suspend the barely open hearing. .
"Ten defendants detained out of eleven refuse to appear", announced the president to the court, without specifying the reason for this movement.
Only Mohammed Amri was present in the box.
According to lawyers interviewed by AFP, the ten absent defendants would be in solidarity with one of theirs, the Pakistani Muhammad Usman, who suffers from an eye problem and who was already absent from the hearing on Monday for this reason.
A hearing initially devoted to the pleadings of the civil parties
The defendants in solidarity with Muhammad Usman believe, according to this advice from the civil parties and the defense, that the latter is not being properly treated.
A bailiff was appointed by President Périès to give "the usual summons" to the absent accused.
Once these summons have been made, he can overrule their absence and continue the hearing or decide to suspend it.
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