Overview
- Presiding judges in Aix-en-Provence split off Jacques Santoni’s case after experts deemed the tetraplegic suspect unfit to appear.
- The court opted to proceed through mid-December with the remaining defendants, including André Bacchiolelli in the dock and fugitive Mickaël Ettori tried in absentia.
- Repentant witness Patrick Giovannoni attended under anonymity measures, with his lawyer seeking a closed session to protect him.
- Prosecutors had urged accommodations for Santoni’s attendance, while civil parties accused him of evading justice and the defense sought a delay for Bacchiolelli.
- Sollacaro, 63, was shot nine times at an Ajaccio gas station in 2012, and bar associations and his family are present as civil parties pressing for accountability.