(AFP) The trial of a Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium was briefly interrupted on Monday as police were summoned to question a juror.
“We cannot start the closing arguments under these conditions,” Judge Laurence Massart said, after recusing the juror for having communicated with outside parties.
“The sixth juror contacted police officials on Friday afternoon to say he met with parties not heard in this trial with whom he discussed the case file,” she added.
The juror related to the court that he was approached by a colleague at work who said she was a witness to the assault and shared an elaborate conspiracy theory involving the Belgian foreign minister.
