Highlights: Trèbes and Carcassonne trials: justice is interested in the entourage of the author of the attacks. In 2018, four people were shot dead in a parking lot and in a supermarket in the south of France. Among them, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, who had exchanged places with that of a hostage. Six men and a woman are on trial for “terrorist criminal association” link with the attacks of March 23, 2018, which left four dead.

In 2018, four people were shot dead in a parking lot and in a supermarket in the south of France. Among them, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, who had exchanged places with that of a hostage...

Trèbes and Carcassonne trials: justice is interested in the entourage of the author of the attacks

In 2018, four people were shot dead in a parking lot and in a supermarket in the south of France. Among them, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, who had exchanged places with that of a hostage held by the terrorist. In this third week of the trial, the special assize court of Paris is interested in the entourage of the author of the attacks. And in particular to Reda El Yaakoubi, one of the main accused in this trial, whose personality and links with the attacker have been detailed.

Journalists (left) stand in front of the entrance to the courtroom during the opening of the Trèbes-Carcassonne attacks trial at the Palais de Justice in Paris on January 22, 2024. Six men and a woman are on trial for “terrorist criminal association” link with the attacks in Trèbes and Carcassonne of March 23, 2018, which left four dead including gendarme Arnaud Beltrame, who lost his life while taking the place of a hostage. AFP - BERTRAND GUAY

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Hearing report,

Baptiste Coulon

Reda El Yaakoubi is both “

an angel and a demon

”. This psychologist, called to the stand, evokes the double face of the accused.

On one side, a man involved in his home neighborhood, president of the local football club. Reda el Yaakoubi also maintains close ties with a prefecture official. He informs her of incidents in her neighborhood. In exchange, he obtains hearing postponements for cases in which he is involved.

Because it is the other face of the accused, developed by an investigator: Reda El Yaakoubi has his hands in the city's drug trafficking... On weapons that he allegedly left at the home of another accused, the The terrorist's DNA is detected.

For the prosecution, this testifies to the strong bond between the two men. “

He was never my friend

” retorts the accused.

The president intervenes... "

We don't have much that links the accused to the terrorist's project

".... Only clusters of clues, replies the investigator...

“

What about a possible loan of money?

», asks a defense lawyer… “

It has never been demonstrated

” if Reda El Yaakoubi was aware of the radicalization of the terrorist.

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Trèbes and Carcassonne trials: justice is interested in the entourage of the author of the attacks

Trèbes and Carcassonne trials: justice is interested in the entourage of the author of the attacks

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