After 10 months of hearing, the hour of the verdict.

At the November 13 trial, the court is due to deliver its long-awaited decision on Wednesday evening on the fate of Salah Abdeslam and his co-accused, tried since September for the worst attacks ever committed in France.

The reading of the deliberations could begin "from 5:00 p.m.", announced President Jean-Louis Périès late Monday morning, before the special assize court withdrew to deliberate in a place kept secret after 148 days of hearing.

A full house

Before that and in front of a packed room at the Paris courthouse, she had given the floor for the last time to the 14 defendants present – ​​six others, including five senior Islamic State officials who are presumed dead, are being tried in their absence.

“I am not an assassin, I am not a killer”, argued from the box the main of them, Salah Abdeslam, reiterating his “sincere” apologies to the victims.

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Attacks of November 13: Last "apologies" and ultimate "regrets" for the accused before the verdict

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