Special envoy to Avignon
He who until now displayed a self-confident expression is now prostrate in the accused box.
With his face turned to the ground, Ilias Akoudad listens to the story of his hunt by investigators, on the third day of his trial for the murder of brigadier Éric Masson.
While the 22-year-old accused continues to deny the facts, Jérémie Bosse-Platière, the director of the Avignon PJ at the time and five other police officers tell how the investigation led them to a cellar in the neighborhood of the ring road, where the boy and his companion Ayoub Abdi were hiding.
The working conditions are trying: around them, the profession is in mourning and the affair takes on a national dimension.
It was almost 6:30 p.m. when Éric Masson and his colleague Romain R. returned to downtown Avignon on May 5, 2021, following an operation in Carpentras linked to drug trafficking.
The two brigadiers wear civilian clothes, t-shirts, tracksuits and sneakers, when they rush in…
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