The trial of the Nice attack, which begins on September 5 in Paris, will take place in the same courtroom as that which housed the trial of the attacks of November 13 and will be broadcast simultaneously in a hall of the convention center Nice Acropolis.
Dedicated to the “
great trial
”, the courtroom specially built in the Salle des Pas Perdus of the former courthouse on the Ile de la Cité, in Paris, can accommodate up to 550 people.
Removable, it could disappear as soon as 2023.
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Eight people, seven men and a woman, will appear before the special assize court for the Nice attack which caused the death of 86 people - including 15 minors - and injured more than 400.
But only three men will be in the secure box of the accused, one of whom is in another case.
Four defendants, placed under judicial control, appear free.
Another will be tried in his absence.
Full trial broadcast
The hearings will take place in the morning and in the afternoon, from Tuesday to Friday (they only took place in the afternoon during the trial of November 13).
There will be no hearing on Monday.
The 750 m2 courtroom, bright, modern and somewhat impressive, is built mainly in blond wood.
Giant screens make it possible to follow the debates.
The length of the room is such - around fifty meters - that the screens are essential for observing the court, the defendants or the lawyers.
Particular attention was also paid to the acoustics, essential for good follow-up of the debates.
The trial will be recorded and filmed for the historical archives.
Only accredited persons will be able to access the “ Grand Trial
” courtroom
in Paris.
Civil parties who cannot make the trip to Paris will be able to follow the hearings live by videoconference thanks to their retransmission in a dedicated room at the Acropolis Convention Center in Nice, the Mediterranean area.
Five hundred places will be made available to them in this space.
There will be 200 additional places for the press and the public.
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The entire trial can also be followed for the civil parties who request it on a secure web radio with a time lag of approximately thirty minutes.
New in relation to the November 13 trial, the web radio broadcast will also be accessible abroad and provided with an English translation.
Among the 86 people who lost their lives, 33 were of foreign nationality (of 10 different nationalities).
A total of 39 nationalities are represented among the 865 civil parties listed at the end of August.
The trial is scheduled until December 16.