Salah Abdeslam, the main defendant, tested positive on Monday. The resumption of the trial is also conditioned by the state of health of the other defendants, according to our colleagues from France Inter.
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The trial of the November 13 attacks, which was to resume on January 4, will be postponed by at least 48 hours, after the main accused Salah Abdeslam tested positive for Covid-19, according to information from France Inter. Tested positive Monday, his state of health is not worrying, but health procedures force to adapt the schedule.
The president of the Special Assize Court of Paris Jean-Louis Péries will order a medical expertise of the accused on Tuesday, January 4, the date scheduled for the resumption of the trial. The results, expected within 24 hours, will in the best case allow a resumption on Thursday, January 6, specifies France Inter. The two days of debates will be postponed later so as not to upset the hearing schedule too much, and in particular the hearing of witnesses.
The resumption of the trial is also conditioned by the state of health of the other defendants, while several clusters have appeared in prisons recently, and in particular in Fleury-Mérogis prison, where Salah Abdeslam is imprisoned.