Gwladys Laffitte, edited by Solène Leroux 2:36 p.m., June 27, 2022

This Monday morning was a key moment in the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015. The 14 defendants were each able to speak one last time at the bar.

Salah Abdeslam spoke last, at length.

He says he regrets his words, which he describes as harsh at the start of the trial in September.

The last three days of the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris and Saint-Denis, after nine months of hearings.

This Monday morning was a key moment for the 14 defendants present in the box.

They were each able in turn to express themselves one last time at the helm.

It was Salah Abdeslam who spoke last, at length, in a solemn tone.

He says he regrets his words, which he describes as harsh at the start of the trial in September, which he explains by a "social shock" after six years of isolation.

He repeats, his "apologies" to the victims are sincere.

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Then the accused, who risks life imprisonment, warns the court: "I recognized that I was not perfect, but I am not a killer, and if you condemned me for murder, you would be committing an injustice. ."

"Sincerity, emotion for all"

Words perceived as sincere by Philippe Duperron.

He lost his son at the Bataclan and chairs the association of victims 13Onze15 Fraternité-vérité.

"I think despite everything that he, too, sincerely expressed the evolution that we have all seen during this trial", he testifies.

"All of this, of course, is not to be confused either with the requisitions or with the decision that will be rendered," he tempers.

"There was sincerity, emotion for all."

Other defendants have spoken.

Some were out of breath, moved, saying their fear of the verdict, their innocence, but above all their apologies to the victims, like Mohamed Abrini, better known as the "man in the hat" of the Brussels attacks.

"I didn't wait for the trial to have remorse, regret. I have a lot of remorse because somewhere, I know I could have stopped all of this."

Their fate is now in the hands of the court and the professional magistrates who have retired to deliberate.

The verdict is expected Wednesday evening.