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Tuesday opens before the assizes of the Rhône the trial of a man accused of having, in May 2020, killed his young neighbor while she was spending an evening with friends.
By Valentine Arama
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Pno longer need a certificate to move around, rumor is returning to the streets, small shops are reopening and, soon, the terraces will be able to welcome customers again… France has been “unconfined” for a week and it floats in the air of the month of May 2020 a wind of freedom. It will soon be two months since Romane last saw her friends. During the confinement put in place to fight against the coronavirus epidemic, the 20-year-old young woman returned to live with her parents with her twin brother Nils and her older sister Sacha.
On May 15, however, Romane leaves to move into her apartment on 3e district of Lyon, where she is following a BTS in optics. A few texts and calls are exchanged and the appointment is made: the friends will come the next day to Romane and Lucas…