Mohammed Amri, a former Samu social worker, is accused of having come to pick up Salah Abdeslam from Paris the evening of the attacks and of having helped the Abdeslam brothers to rent cars used by the terrorist cell. Facts that will be discussed later. This Friday, January 28, Mohammed Amri and his wife were first questioned about his religious practice and his knowledge of the radicalization of Salah Abdeslam and his brother Brahim.
The red-haired 30-year-old describes the rather banal daily life of a loving couple, sometimes shaken by arguments around ” socks lying around » but also cannabis consumption by Mohammad Amri. So when the police come to pick up her husband, ” I thought it was for narcotics, but never terrorism », Asserts the one who claims to have come to defend « the man she loves “, including her ” knows the values “.
A man “ introverted “, full of “ compassion », « not radicalized », « kind “. “Too nice,” she insists, and “ follower “. He is able “ to go get someone who tells him he’s screwed without thinking “says the young woman. She is convinced that this is how her husband ended up picking up Salah Abdeslam in Paris, in “ ignorant then his participation in the attacks. When he discovered it, of cours “that Muhammad should have” kick him out of the car », « to call the police “. But for that” it takes a lot of character “, supports his wife, who is especially angry with Salah Abdeslam “ to have taken many lives ” and “ stole part of mine “, she says with emotion.
An accused who gets entangled in his defense
The positive light thrown on him by this plea, Mohammed Amri will quickly stifle it. He “ do not know », « don’t remember says he doesn’t understand the questions. In the reminders of the court and the civil parties, a growing suspicion resounds as the accused seems to show bad faith, concealment. But when it comes to the defense, not only does Mohammed Amri fail to grasp the perches set by his lawyers, but he sometimes sabotages their argument. To wonder if his obtuse answers to many questions were really part of a strategy.
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