On the second day of hearing of his trial before the Oise Assize Court for kidnapping, sequestration followed by death, Adama Coulibaly does not take his eyes off the magistrates and the jurors, this Tuesday, November 26, in the accused box and does not seem to feel any emotion.
Since the beginning of this affair, he has continued to proclaim his innocence and affirms that he has no responsibility in the death ofElijah Bougrer-Cinq-Valhit by several vehicles, on September 24, 2020 on the A1 in the Province-Paris direction near the village of Pontarmé.
“He just asked for a cigarette from time to time…”
It is a major from the national gendarmerie who is called to testify early in the morning. An investigator from the research section who interviewed Adama Coulibaly during his police custody, a few hours after the events. : “From his first hearing, Adama Coulibaly told me that it was a suicide while members of the victim’s family said that the young man had no reason to end his life. Then, Adama Coulibaly denied the presence of a gasser in the car before admitting that there was one and that it belonged to Wesley Askri who was driving the car. I remember that he didn’t eat or drink anything but he was very calm, he just asked for a cigarette from time to time…”
“I’m sure he can’t do that…”
Adama Coulibaly’s mother then approaches the stand: “He was in the wrong place, at the wrong time… He’s a boy who never caused any problems except when he met this girl. I’m sure he can’t do that. There prisonit’s very hard for him and two years ago, he told me that he was seeing things. He asked me not to speak because he was convinced that he was being listened to. Now, when he doesn’t have his injection, it doesn’t work at all…”
At the beginning of the afternoon, three forensic doctors who examined Elijah Bougrer-Cinq-Val took turns and all spoke of an instantaneous death following the multiple extremely serious injuries found on his torn body. Experts who are not able to affirm or deny that Elijah Bougrer-Cinq-Val remained half hanging on the door of the car which was traveling at more than 100 kilometers/hour. One of these specialists even states that an accidental fall is less likely than an applied force…”
The verdict is expected next Thursday, late in the afternoon after four days of a trial which will shed light on two completely opposing versions: the innocence of the accused or his incontestable guilt for the family and the close to Elijah Bougrer-Cinq-Val
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