“They hit Joris, they laughed”: the testimony of five girls before the assizes of the North

“Hello, I’m Sylvie. We’re going to talk about you a bit today. Is it okay if I talk to you? The tone is particularly benevolent, the magistrate all smiles. At the trial of the alleged torturers of little Joris, this Thursday, January 12, the president of the North Assize Court Sylvie Karas, red dress and white and black ermine, even exceptionally chose to stand up behind her microphone, teacher-style, to gain confidence and question his little witnesses of the day.