Seven years after the stabbing of a couple of police officers at their home in Magnanville (Paris region), in front of their son aged three at the time, the trial of Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, alleged accomplice of the he assailant, opens this Monday, September 25 before the special assize court of Paris.
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On June 13, 2016, a couple of police officers, Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and Jessica Schneider, were murdered in their home by Larossi Abbala in the presence of their three-year-old sons, taken hostage. The 25-year-old man, killed during the Raid intervention, claimed responsibility for the attack in the name of the Islamic State organization, live on social networks. Seven years later, the trial of Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, alleged accomplice of the attacker, opens in Paris. The 30-year-old man is being prosecuted for “complicity in the assassination of a person holding public authority”, “criminal terrorist association” and “complicity in kidnapping” in relation to a terrorist enterprise. He faces life imprisonment.
For the prosecution, it was he who “ designated » to Larossi Abballa the couple of police officers « as target of the attack “. Mohamed Lamine Aberouz “ went with (Larossi Abballa) to the victims’ home on the evening of the events, connecting there on the victims’ computer in order to view photographs of Jean-Baptiste Salvaing thus allowing Larossi Abballa to immediately identify the interested in taking action against him before he even had time to return to his home “, in front of his door, says the prosecution file. The prosecution relies on DNA from Mohamed Aberouz found on the wrist rest of the couple’s computer, which the assailant used for the claim. She also maintains that the accused participated “ to ideological indoctrination » by Larossi Abballa, a childhood friend.
The defense denounces a “ attempt to falsify the truth “. She points out that Abballa was already radicalized, as “ established » during his conviction in a terrorist case in 2013. « Abballa is a lone wolf », insist Me Brengarth and Arnaud. During the 12 minutes of Facebook live, during which the terrorist declared having killed the police officers and ‘not yet knowing what he was going to do with the little one,’ he is alone, speaks in the first person. And no testimony supports the presence of our client on site “, they argue. As for “ the special one » genetic trace, for the defense it would be a transfer, since the two men were dating.
But with a previous “ conviction for terrorism “, a ” claimed rigorous religious practice ” And ” the effect of six years of isolation “, Mohamed Aberouz will have the profile of ” ideal culprit » that his lawyers fear that “ the debates necessary for the search for truth do not really take place “. Approach « closer to the truth », This is however what the family of Jean-Baptiste Salvaing hopes, points out Me Dufourq, who intends to request a closed session for any debate concerning the child.
(And with AFP)