The trial of the November 13 attacks will not resume until February 22 because of two new cases of Covid among the accused, President Jean-Louis Périès announced on Tuesday during an express hearing, in the absence of the accused.
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Two of the 11 detained defendants, the Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Amri and the Algerian Adel Haddadi, tested positive for covid, said Jean-Louis Périès.
“
This virus seems to have attached itself to us
”, commented the president of the special assize court of Paris.
“
If everything goes normally, this would allow the hearing to resume next Tuesday.
This implies that the state of health of the two defendants allows their appearance
”, he indicated.
Hearings scheduled for this week will resume next week.
But, to make up for the accumulated delay, they will also take place on Mondays from April.
The verdict will be delivered "
the week of June 13 if all goes well
", announced Jean-Louis Périès.
The trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 - which killed 130 people in Paris and Saint-Denis - began on September 8, 2021. But it has already been interrupted several times due to covid contamination.
Already in early January, the trial was suspended after the main defendant, Salah Abdeslam, tested positive for coronavirus.
The hearing resumed on January 11 and was again postponed on January 18, after Ali El Haddad Asufi, also detained, tested positive.
The debates had resumed on January 25.
After a first phase of interrogation of the accused, for nearly a month, the hearing was normally to resume on Tuesday with new hearings from investigators.
