Over the course of an extraordinary nine-month trial, the lone survivor of the Islamic State extremist team that attacked Paris in 2015 has proclaimed his radicalism, wept, apologised to victims and pleaded with judges to forgive his “mistakes”.
For victims' families and survivors of the attacks, the trial for Salah Abdeslam and suspected accomplices has been excruciating yet crucial in their quest for justice and closure. At long last, the court will hand down its verdict on Wednesday. Abdeslam faces up to life in prison without parole on murder and other counts, the toughest sentence possible under France's justice system.
The historic trial in Paris is of 20 men suspected of critical roles in the ISIS massacres that killed 130 people on November 13, 2015.
