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A prison van carrying Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, accused of murdering his Japanese ex-girlfriend, Narumi Kurosaki, who disappeared without a trace in December 2016, arrives at the Besançon judicial court, shortly before the opening of his trial before the Doubs assize court. The mother and sister of the victim and the parents of the accused also arrive for the trial. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris courthouse to hear the verdict of the appeal trial in the 'Bygmalion' case. Sarkozy was previously sentenced to a year in prison for illegal financing of his 2012 presidential campaign. IMAGES
The President of French centrist party MoDem, François Bayrou, and former Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, Geneviève Darrieussecq, arrive at the Paris Court House as they await verdict in their trial. Bayrou and ten senior members of the party are accused of devising a fraudulent scheme to pass some party members as European parliamentary assistants and get them paid as such. IMAGES
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti arrives at Paris Courthouse as verdict is expected in his conflict of interest case that could seal the fate of this government stalwart. IMAGES
"I have come here to answer the court to show my good faith" says French Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt as he arrives at the Paris court. On trial for alleged favouritism, Dussopt will have to explain how he passed on privileged information concerning a call for tenders for a contract worth €5.6 million to the water treatment group Saur at the end of the 2000s, when he was a member of the French parliament. IMAGES