The schoolgirl who had accused Samuel Paty of Islamophobia, at the origin of the terrible spiral which led to the death of the teacher, asked for forgiveness from the latter's family, this Tuesday, November 26, during the trial which took place held before the Special Assize Court of Paris. “I apologize for my lie that brought us all back here,” she said.
Apologies presented to those close to Samuel Paty. Heard as part of the trial for the assassination of the teacher, which occurred on October 16, 2020, the schoolgirl at the origin of the process which led to the death of Samuel Paty asked for forgiveness from the latter's family.
“I apologize for my lie which brought us all back here,” she declared, addressing them as well as her relatives, while the trial continues at the Special Assize Court of Paris.
A lie so as not to disappoint your parents
A schoolgirl at the time of the events, she explained, during the trial, that she invented her lie, claiming that Samuel Paty had displayed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class, in order not to disappoint her parents when she came to be excluded for 2 days due to bad behavior.
This version was maintained by the young girl for a long time: she only confessed the truth after 30 hours in police custody and two interviews before the police.
This Tuesday, the former schoolgirl recognized that Samuel Paty never had racist or discriminatory behavior with his students, as she had previously claimed.
As a reminder, his father Brahim Chnina and the preacher Abdelhakim Sefrioui are being prosecuted for having participated “in the development and dissemination of videos presenting false or distorted information intended to arouse a feeling of hatred” against the history teacher. beheaded by a young Chechen radical Islamist on October 16, 2020. They each face 30 years of criminal imprisonment.
