Prosecution tag team puts stranglehold on hopes of ‘second-rank’ accused

(Radio France) At the Paris attacks trial, the three co-prosecutors continued their summary of the evidence they believe is more than sufficient to see each of the accused suffer the harshest penalties permitted by law.

They are relentless. Camille Hennetier, Nicolas Braconnay and Nicolas Le Bris are the co-prosecutors in this trial.

On Thursday, they moved their story of the preparation of the November 2015 attacks from the Islamic State heartland in Syria to Brussels, demolishing the claims of the accused as they went.

Osama Krayem told investigators he had been a humanitarian volunteer with Islamic State.

No, insisted Hennetier. He was a fighter. He was injured in battle. He was promoted to one of the key IS military units. He was “honoured” as one of the uniformed guards who watched the burning to death of a captured Jordanian pilot.

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