He is the only one to appear free before the specially composed Assize Court which judges the 2015 attacks and the only one not to be prosecuted for a terrorist qualification.
Christophe Raumel faces ten years in prison.
The young man, originally from Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne), was overwhelmed on October 6 by the testimony of his former companion, mother of her child, who raised marital disputes in the courtroom.
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At the stand, after accusing the 30-year-old man of daily domestic violence during their life together, Aminata S. had assured that Christophe Raumel had come to her home two days before the trial to put pressure on her.
“Two days before the trial, he rang the bell at my house, asking me not to say that he was hitting me.
I have the recording in my phone […] He came to my house twice, the second time he was even more threatening, ”the ex-partner had launched in anger.
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The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) alerted its counterpart from Evry-Courcouronnes, which opened a preliminary investigation into this "case within the affair".
At the end of three weeks of investigations, the procedure opened for witness tampering was closed for uncharacterized offense, learned the Parisian.
"Deliberately harming Christophe Raumel"
In a statement to the court this Wednesday morning, Me Clémence Witt, in defense of this accused, considers that “Aminata S.'s testimony was not that of a threatened woman.
It was an odious staging to destroy a man.
To sully honor, morality and credibility ”by Christophe Raumel.
"Probably to take revenge for the bad reputation she suffered in Fleury," said the lawyer.
Christophe Raumel's lawyer also announces the filing as of this Wednesday of several complaints against the former companion.
The first two for "false testimony" and "false and use of false".
The lawyer thus disputes the authenticity of the recording that the young woman brandished as proof of her good faith: "Everything suggests that one or more pieces were made to deliberately harm Christophe Raumel".
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A third complaint will also be filed for “moral harassment”.
According to Me Clémence Witt, the young woman would indeed have threatened and insulted the accused and his entourage.
She specifies: "Our client - who is silent, modest and wanted to protect his daughter - ended up revealing, and the investigation services and the prosecution now know it, the intimidation, threats and violence committed by Aminata S."