Trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015: what will remain?

This episode of News cookies opens with a description of the atmosphere that reigned before and during the reading of the verdict: There were a lot of peoplerecount Nathanael Vittrant. An atmosphere that is both light and very tense. Some who had not seen each other for a long time were happy to find each other. And then when the magistrates returned to the room, there was a great silence. There is this rather strong image all the same of this destiny. Of the fate of these 14 people who will be played out and in parallel, that of the very many civil parties, the victims, the families of the victims who are in the room and who are waiting for justice to be done “.

Nathanael also evokes dignity throughout this trial: “ I saw with Laura Martel and Marine de La Moissonnière (Editor’s note: who also covered this trial for RFI) an evolution over the hearings. The participants in this trial tamed each other. We have seen rapprochements between civil parties, but also with the defense and the accused who appeared free “.

We also raise the question of the post-trial for the civil parties. ” There is both a part of them that is happy that this trial is over, that a page is turned, but at the same time the fear of emptiness too. Especially for those who were there almost every day during those ten months. For some, these hearings also made it possible to piece together the pieces of a puzzle. They found each other. People who did not know each other, but who were together at the Bataclan or on the terraces, who then separated, to meet again six years later in the courtroom and who will separate again “.

When asked if he has the feeling of having experienced, by following this trial, something exceptional, Nathanaël answers: “ It’s quite a unique experience. If I had been told on the first day of the trial, that I would see defendants and victims hugging each other, moments when everyone in the room was laughing, I would never have believed it. “.