The special assize court of Paris will deliver its decision on October 25 on the admissibility of the constitutions of civil parties to the trial of the attacks of November 13, again debated Tuesday July 5 during the hearing on civil interests.
More than 2,600 people, survivors or relatives of the 130 dead and hundreds of people injured during these attacks, have become civil parties to the criminal trial which ended on June 29 after ten months of hearings.
The public prosecutor disputes the constitutions of a hundred of them, believing that they should be considered as “
unfortunate witnesses
” and not direct victims.
These inadmissibility had already been requested by the national anti-terrorist prosecution (Pnat) during a previous hearing at the start of the trial, on October 4.
The Pnat requests in particular that the cities of Paris and Saint-Denis be declared inadmissible, as well as the Bataclan and several establishments targeted by the commandos on November 13, 2015.
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The public prosecutor also seeks the inadmissibility of the constitutions of civil parties of "
first responders
" who came to the aid of the victims in the wake of the attacks, as well as those of the tenants and owners of rue du Corbillon in Saint-Denis.
A building on this street was partially destroyed during a Raid attack on November 18, 2015, during which the operational leader of the commandos Abdelhamid Abaaoud and another jihadist, Chakib Akrouh, were killed.
For the prosecution, if these inhabitants of Saint-Denis were "
obviously not well taken care of by the community
", they cannot "
however be considered as direct victims
" attacks.
The damage having been caused during a police operation, they should have turned to the administrative court to seek compensation, according to the prosecution.
Recalling that civil party applications from residents of this building had already been declared inadmissible during the investigation, the public prosecutor asked the court to order the withdrawal of the provisional legal aid granted during the trial.
“
The damage is undeniable
,” retorted Me Méhana Mouhou, who represents 85 people whose civil party applications are contested.
"
You heard the victims, you allowed them to enter this trial
," he told the court.
The guarantee fund for victims of acts of terrorism, which has paid more than 161 million euros in compensation, has also asked to be recognized as a civil party so that the sums allocated are jointly and severally reimbursed by the defendants.
