(1 Apr 1998) T/I: 10:47:30
An angry Maurice Papon brought an end to the longest criminal trial in French history on Wednesday (1/4) by declaring his innocence of war crimes. Papon, who held the number two post in the Bordeaux prefecture
under the collaborationist Vichy government, is accused of complicity in the deportation of 1,500 Jews who ultimately went to their deaths in Nazi camps.
SHOWS:
BORDEAUX, FRANCE - 01/04
MS exterior court house;
ms court house;
SOT (in French) with Jean-Marc Varaut, Papon's leading defence lawyer, saying Papon is innocent and should be freed because it would be a travesty of justice to convict him on the evidence presented before him;
CA policeman;
MS of banner pull out to ws protesters erecting banner;
SOT (in English) with Serge Klarsfeld, father of Arno Klarsfeld (prosecution lawyer) and world famous Nazi hunter in his own right having captured Klaus Barbie, saying the key question from the trial is whether Papon and others were forced to act by the collaborationist Vichy regime against their will, or whether their actions were taken by choice.
MS showing protestors laying rose for each Jewish person killed in the region in the Holocaust as their names are read out;
vs showing memorial ceremony with roses;
cu grieving relative;
CA policeman;
MS showing Papon leaving court (Papon is in centre of group with white hair and bald patch);
ms car carrying Papon prepares to drive off;
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