Overview
- Six men face an assize court in Aix-en-Provence under unprecedented security for the 2019 killings at a Formule 1 hotel near Marseille.
- A protected witness known as “Tatoo” testified by video behind a screen, and his denunciations form the core of the prosecution’s case.
- Defendant Amine Oualane returned to the dock after a boycott, denied the charges, and described years of incarceration and raising two young children from prison.
- Proceedings continue with friction as several accused and their lawyers refuse to attend until a sidelined case investigator completes her testimony, while one defendant remains at large.
- Prosecutors present some accused as leaders in an alleged DZ Mafia network and cite betrayal as a motive, a narrative the defense attacks by challenging the witness’s credibility.