(AFP) Lawyers for a Frenchman accused of murdering four people in a terrorist attack at the Jewish museum in Brussels insisted Thursday their client was not the killer, as his trial nears its end.
Defence lawyers said Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, was not to blame for the cold-blooded slaughter in May 2014, claiming he was caught up in some kind of plot involving the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.
Nemmouche, a serial criminal radicalised in prison who allegedly fought for jihadist groups in Syria, faces life in prison if found guilty of four counts of terrorist murder, with the jury expected to give its verdict on March 7.
His lawyer Sebastien Courtoy said the prosecution case was “manipulated and bogus.”
