Journalist arrested for recording July 14 trial

In Nice, the first afternoon of retransmission of the lawsuit of the attack of July 14, which opened Monday in Paris, was marked by an incident.

A journalist was placed in police custody for having recorded part of the debates,

the public prosecutor of Nice told

Xavier Bonhomme specifies that it is a “sound recording”.

The police custody was "being lifted" this Tuesday afternoon, the magistrate further indicates, and the journalist should receive a "summons before a delegate of the prosecutor for a reminder of the law".

The latter provides that "the use of any device for recording, fixing or transmitting speech or images is prohibited", under penalty of two months' imprisonment and a fine of 4,500 euros.

The special assize court of Paris must judge until mid-December eight people, members of the entourage of the terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, accused for some of being intermediaries in the traffic of weapons which were to him destinies.

The entire proceedings are broadcast live at the Acropolis Palace in Nice, in a room open only to civil parties and in another accessible to the public and the accredited press.

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