Salah Abdeslam “expressed” a request to establish contact with civil parties, with a restorative justice approach

According to the lawyer for the terrorist, who was sentenced to life in prison for the November 13 attack, he wanted “to be able to have discussions, to open the door to civil parties”.

Abdeslam’s fault “declared” The request for contact with civil parties, in the restorative justice process, was confirmed by his attorney, Olivia Ronen, to franceinfo, Tuesday 11 November, at several days to the anniversary of the attacks of November 13, 2015. “We have someone ( Salah Abdeslam ) who potentially want to be able to explain the situation, have discussions, open the door for civil parties if they want to be able to discuss detention and discuss this trial,” explained his lawyer.

An approach that may be surprising, but Olivia Ronen defends it. “This is really a principle of restorative justice, where people who are accused and people who are victims of offenses overcome something to achieve social calm.”he explained. He confirmed that there was already a request to meet with civil authorities “declared” by his clients, but also “by certain civil parties who wish to be able to contact him”.

On Monday, DJSI Director General Céline Berthon confirmed it was Abdeslam’s fault “is an individual who remains radicalized and believes in the deadly ideology that led him to carry out the attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015.” “This is the opinion of the Chairman of DGSI”answered the lawyer, who said he saw more elements “which goes in the opposite direction”.

“We have someone trying to access education”said Olivia Ronen. “We had someone who, moreover, offered a civil apology during his trial, which is still quite rare to highlight, and this was completely unexpected”lawyer’s bottom line.

The attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) left 132 people dead and hundreds injured, some of whom suffered very serious physical and psychological effects.