Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving Paris attacks suspect, appears in a French court for the first time but refuses to speak. Jillian Kitchener reports.
TRANSCRIPT +
Expectations were high when he arrived at court, but Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in November's Paris attacks, didn't say a word, and the hearing was over almost as soon as it began. Abdeslam's lawyer, Frank Berton, said his client WOULD talk when ready. But that would not be today. (SOUNDBITE) (French) LAWYER REPRESENTING SALAH ABDESLAM, FRANK BERTON, SAYING: "He feels like he's being spied on 24 hours a day. He's illegally being kept under video surveillance, which was imposed by the justice minister, outside of any framework of law. He doesn't understand, he has the impression that the way he is being treated is completely different and that bothers him and doesn't encourage him to collaborate with judicial instructions." The 26-year-old was placed under formal investigation on terrorism and murder charges in April, after his extradition from Belgium. Prosecutors believe Abdeslam is the sole survivor of the Islamist group that attacked Paris on November 13 last year, killing 130 people. The lawyer representing the victims says they want him to be aware of the pain he's caused... and for justice to be served.