“I already know that this trial will be an agonizing moment, it will rekindle difficult memories.” In a soft and calm voice, Sophie Bouchard-Stech calmly searches for words to talk about this new ordeal. This Dijon lawyer, specializing in intellectual property issues, is one of the 1,800 people who have become civil parties, that is to say who are waiting for an answer, a compensation from the courts.
On November 13, 2015, her husband Fabian Stech, a German teacher at the “Les Arcades” high school in Dijon, was killed in the Bataclan concert hall by bullets from terrorists. Sophie Bouchard-Stech wishes to attend this extraordinary trial which will last 9 months. “For me, but also for my two sons aged 23 and 26, for my parents-in-law who are in Germany, for my family who lost their son-in-law.”
A scary moment, but one that I want to live “
“I know this is going to be difficult. When I went to look for my access badge to Paris in this room built expressly for this trial, I was shocked to see the armed security men. felt very, very bad, it was very hard. It feels like reliving that horrible weekend. “
“I’m going to go to this trial for the memory of my husband. I’m waiting for an explanation, maybe we won’t accept more, but at least we’ll understand. In my personal time, it’s a moment that I want to live, I may be more serene“explains this mother of a family.
I hope to speak “-Sophie Bouchard-Stech
Sophie Bouchard-Stech will be assisted by a lawyer, Franck Petit. She wishes to speak, but does not yet know when and how it will be possible. “I live in Dijon, so I won’t be able to be there every day, and even psychologically it would be too hard. I will go there on a regular basis. I want to testify, but I don’t know if I will be able to do so. There are so many civil parties. “
“We are going to speak again. I am supported by the association 13onze15 Fraternity and Truth which brings together victims and relatives of victims. It’s like a big family, I will meet people in Paris that I know now. It’s heartwarming, it’s essential not to be alone. ”
“I also want to be present to pay tribute to the work of the 6 investigating judges who worked tirelessly to trace this network, and who made it possible to find the people who took part in the attacks” underlines this lawyer. “I think this trial will be important for all French people.”
Another bereaved family in Burgundy: two sisters from Le Creusot in Saône-et-Loire, Hodda and Halima Saadi were shot dead by terrorists on a café terrace.
In front of the relatives of the victims, there is 14 accused. Dont Salah Abdeslam the only surviving member of the commandos and who is walled in silence.
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