While the court of cassation has just confirmed the judgment of the Paris court of appeal concerning the criminal irresponsibility of Kobili Traoré, who will therefore not be tried for the murder of Sarah Halimi,
Le Figaro
returns in five major dates on this case, which for four years has aroused emotion and controversy.
To discover
"A little voice told me to leave": who are the voluntary disappearances and why do they choose to evaporate in nature?
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April 4, 2017: Sarah Halimi is defenestrated in Belleville
Belleville, night of April 3 to 4, 2017. Lucie Attal, better known under the name of Sarah Halimi, is severely beaten before being pushed through the window of her apartment in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, to cries of
"Allah Akbar" , “I killed the sheitan!”.
The suspect in the murder of this Jewish sexagenarian, a 27-year-old Muslim named Kobili Traoré, was immediately arrested.
He is indicted, first for murder, then for anti-Semitic murder.
He is examined by several psychiatrists, who agree that he acted during an acute delusional puff resulting from very heavy cannabis use.
Read also: The call of 17 intellectuals: "Let the truth be told about the murder of Sarah Halimi"
December 19, 2019: the Paris Court of Appeal declares Kobili Traoré criminally irresponsible
Experts disagree, however, on a central question: was the young man's discernment altered or abolished by this acute delirious puff?
On December 19, 2019, the investigative chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal ruled: Kobili Traoré was declared "criminally irresponsible due to a mental or neuropsychic disorder having abolished his discernment" at the time of the facts.
The young man goes from pre-trial detention to the psychiatric hospital.
This court ruling sparked a storm of protests, within the Jewish community and beyond.
To read also: Haim Korsia: "Madam Minister, the murder of Sarah Halimi must be judged"
January 23, 2020: Emmanuel Macron takes a stand
On a visit to Jerusalem, Emmanuel Macron evokes on January 23, 2020 the Sarah Halimi affair in front of the French community of Israel.
While taking care to indicate that
"the President of the Republic does not have to comment on a court decision or claim to question it"
, the Head of State declares that
"even if, in the end, the The judge had to decide that the criminal responsibility is not there, the need for a trial is there.
[...] An appeal in cassation was formulated and constitutes a possible way
"because"
it is necessary that all that a lawsuit involves reparation can be held
".
Read also: Macron in Jerusalem: "Anti-Semitism is our problem"
January 27, 2020: two senior magistrates react to the president's remarks
This position of Emmanuel Macron ulcerates many magistrates.
Extremely rare, these remarks go so far as to make react two of the most senior French magistrates, Chantal Arens and François Molins.
"The first president of the Court of Cassation and the Attorney General at this court recall that the independence of the judiciary, of which the President of the Republic is the guarantor, is an essential condition for the functioning of democracy
" underline the latter in a press release made public on January 27, 2020
.
"
The magistrates of the Court of Cassation must be able to examine with confidence and in all independence the appeals referred to them."
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April 14, 2021: the Court of Cassation confirms the judgment of the Court of Appeal
After having examined, on March 3, 2021, the appeal lodged by the civil parties, the Court of Cassation delivers its decision on the following April 14.
It rejects this appeal, and therefore confirms the judgment of the Court of Appeal concerning the criminal irresponsibility of Kobili Traoré.
The trial for the murder of Sarah Halimi should therefore never take place.
