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Trial Opens in Aix for 2012 Killing of Corsican Lawyer Antoine Sollacaro

The case hinges on a repented associate’s testimony under the shadow of the alleged mastermind’s medical absence.

Antoine Sollacaro, l'un des avocats du militant indépendantiste corse Yvan Colonna, en train de téléphoner devant le tribunal de Paris, le 16 mars 2009
Le bar "Le Petit Bar" à Ajaccio, en Corse, le 8 avril 2013
Des policiers et des experts légistes enquêtent sur les lieux d'un crime le 16 octobre 2012, à l'extérieur d'une station-service d'Ajaccio, en Corse, après que l'avocat Antoine Sollacaro a été abattu dans sa voiture

Overview

  • Three presumed members of the Petit Bar gang face the Bouches-du-Rhône assizes through mid‑December: Jacques Santoni, André Bacchiolelli, and fugitive Mickaël Ettori.
  • Jacques Santoni, described by prosecutors as the order‑giver, is tetraplegic and deemed unfit to appear by a recent medical assessment, with judges expected to debate possible accommodations or a split of his case.
  • Charges include complicity in assassination and criminal conspiracy for Santoni, assassination and attempted homicide for Bacchiolelli, and criminal association for Ettori, who will be tried in absentia.
  • Investigators recovered no murder weapon and found no DNA, and the proceedings rely in part on statements from repented associate Patrick Giovannoni, who also stands trial for conspiracy tied to the attempted killing of Charles Cervoni.
  • The 2012 shooting of the 63‑year‑old former Ajaccio bâtonnier shocked France, with national legal bodies joining as civil parties and the family urging a trial that delivers genuine justice.