In the trial about the assassination of the priest, Nicole Klein, who was in office at the time of the crime, told her version of events. (…)
The expression is undoubtedly overused, but it was indeed an extraordinary testimony that the jury court heard on Wednesday, the third day of the trial on the assassination in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray on July 26, 2016. Nicole Klein, Prefect of the Normandy Region at the time of the crime, took the stand personally and without personal protection at the request of Mgr Lebrun, Archbishop of Rouen and joint plaintiff.
In response to a question from the Advocate General, she explained: “When we learned in the security meeting that the judge was of the opinion that Kermiche was, if I may say so, on the road to recovery, we didn’t believe it for a second.”
(…) Finally, the honorary prefect blurted out: “I also remember the hoots of joy on the evening of the assassination in Saint-Étienne. So few that some say there was no such thing. But, those very few, it was a fact”.(…)Le Figaro
