After being positive for Covid-19, the main accused in the trial of the November 13 attacks in France, Salah Abdeslam, is “able” to attend the hearings from this Tuesday, January 11, a counter report concluded on Monday. medical expertise.
Salah Abdeslam, 32 years old, ” is currently cured “Of Covid-19 and” since January 3, 2022 (…) medically and healthily able to attend the hearings of the Assize Court », Concluded this report requested by the president of the court.
Suspended for two weeks, the trial should have resumed on January 6 but had been fired time to submit Salah Abdeslam, positive for Covid-19 at the end of December, to a medical second opinion. ” Strict compliance with barrier measures is required when resuming hearings, but regardless of the infection he has presented. “, Underline the experts who wrote the report.
Contagiousness at the heart of the debates
The alleged contagiousness of the accused was at the heart of the debates last Thursday. Some lawyers, including on the benches of the civil parties, had expressed the fear of the creation of a cluster within the Assize Court, without window, where the defendants are seated less than one meter from each other.
Salah Abdeslam, who refused to be vaccinated “ for personal reasons “, Tested positive for Covid-19 on December 27, while the trial was suspended. At the end of nearly four months of hearing, the trial must enter a new phase, that of the interrogation on the merits of the case of the 14 defendants present – six others, including five presumed dead, are tried in their absence.
On Tuesday, the first to be questioned by the court will be Mohamed Abrini, childhood friend of Salah Abdeslam.
(With AFP)