The trial of the January 2015 attacks was suspended Wednesday, October 28 by the special assize court in Paris until Thursday morning, so that the main accused, vomiting, could see a doctor.
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Ali Riza Polat is "
ill and is not in a state to appear,
" announced the president of the court Régis de Jorna, before suspending the hearing until Thursday at 9:30 am.
According to Mr. Polat's lawyers, he vomited during the meridian suspension.
Ali Riza Polat was "
sent back to the remand center to be examined by a doctor,
" said the president of the court.
Presented by investigators as the “
right hand
” of Amédy Coulibaly, Ali Riza Polat is the only one of the accused present to appear for “
complicity
” in terrorist crimes, punishable by life imprisonment.
He was questioned for two days on the facts, Monday and Tuesday, in a sometimes stormy atmosphere.
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The court was to hear the last witnesses on Wednesday afternoon, before the pleadings of the civil party lawyers began Thursday morning.
The verdict is expected on November 13.
