“Attending the trial was essential for me. I wanted to understand exactly what had happened, I wanted to testify, for my husband, for my children, for me. Sophie Bouchard-Stech lost her husband, Fabian Stech, a German teacher in Dijon, in the Bataclan terrorist attack 13 November 2015.
An extraordinary trial, particularly in terms of its duration – ten months – and for which a 540-seat courtroom was specially built, in the heart of the Paris courthouse, on the Ile de la Cité.
“I wanted to go see the courtroom in July, before the start of the trial. I felt bad, I was taken care of by the firefighters. The victims’ associations had prepared us for the trial, but… discovering this room was difficult. I was really bad. »
“The first time I saw the defendants was quite a shock”
Impossible for Sophie, who practices as a lawyer in Dijon, to follow all the debates. “I’ve been there about 20 times. The…
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