Overview

• A five-day hearing begins with Perdriau and three associates in the dock, as the mayor denies wrongdoing and remains in office.
• The case centers on an alleged 2015 hotel video secretly recording first deputy Gilles Artigues, said to have been leveraged to secure his loyalty.
• Investigators outline a financing trail that includes two €20,000 municipal grants and an alleged €50,000 payment to operative Gilles Rossary-Lenglet, according to his testimony.
• Two couples who led local associations are under formal investigation over suspected misuse of the grant money tied to the scheme.
• If convicted, Perdriau faces up to 10 years in prison, a €1 million fine and potential ineligibility, with recordings and a video montage among evidence to be examined.