COVID-19 puts trial of 17-November attacks on pause

Hardly recovered, Thursday, the hearing was referred to Tuesday after a keen debate on the risk of cluster and the contagiousness of Salah Abdeslam, affected by the CVIV-19 end of December 2021 and always symptomatic.

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After two weeks of break for the holidays, the trial of the attacks of 13-November had taken over Tuesday, January 4th. Except that he had not resumed: in the absence of Salah Abdeslam, positively tested at COVID-19 on December 27, 2021 and maintained for health isolation, the hearing had been suspended 48 hours. The debates were able to resume Thursday, January 6th. Except that they could not resume.

This time, however, Salah Abdeslam was present in the box of the accused, but it was precisely the problem. Because if a first medical expertise, Monday, had conditioned the recovery of the hearing at “the negativity” of his PCR test, a second, carried out by the same expert on Wednesday, had judged him “able to appear” … while emphasizing It was always positive “to a very weak title”. Confronted with this oddity and the persistent symptoms of their client who spent the afternoon coughing, Salah Abdeslam’s lawyers claimed the suspension of the hearing the time of a third expertise.

“It’s not a malevpade, assured one of them, M e Martin Vettes, to the President of the Court, Jean-Louis Rireosed, who would have the pleasure of These debates. The purpose of this trial is not to keep at all costs a hearing schedule but to judge the accused equitably, whether they are able to defend themselves at best. This is not the case of salah abdeslam. “

” Is it worth risking a cluster? “

have been ensovering great exchanges between suspension holders, fearing an infringement of the serenity of the debates and cascading contaminations – the defense, and some lawyers of civil parties – and supporters of a continuation of the debates, judging acceptable sanitary conditions – the Prosecution, especially. Heart of the debate: The contagiousness of Salah Abdeslam, which is not vaccinated against COVID-19.

“The only clear info that we have: someone in the box is positive. Earlier, he took off his mask to drink water, noted M e Matthieu Chirez, Cold side. It may worsen things not to limit the risks today. “M e Ilyacine maallaoui, on the defense side, asked,” Does It’s worth risking a cluster at this hearing? “

“The expertise is clear that there is no risk,” replied Camille Hennetier, the accusation side, reminding that the recommended period of ten days of isolation was “extensively expired”, and invoicing, for that the trial resumes, respect for the “government doctrine” and “recommendations of the High Health Authority”.

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