Only two of the accused were minors at the time of the events, but the criminal court for minors is competent to judge people of age who acted alongside minors. It will therefore judge all the accused in camera.
Young Ilan Halimi had fallen into a trap laid by a gang from the Paris suburbs. He had been lured by young women, then held and tortured by his gaolers before being left to die three weeks later on 13th February 2006. The group had not received the ransom they had counted on from his family, which they imagined was rich because they were Jews. This savage crime had caused indignation across the political spectrum, and fear and dismay among the Jewish community.
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