In the StoryThe Other Witness
He is not lying. Yet the crime he describes does not belong to this world. His testimony is precise, coherent, sustained by a conviction no contradiction can dissolve. For Maud Delmas, Luc Varenne, and Adrien Charras, it opens a case in which they might believe a person without being able to accept what he claims.
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Three new emails concerned Charras. One from the defense demanded the return of his work computer. Another, from management, reminded her that a memo on sensitive interviews was due that evening. The third came from the secretary’s office: Mr. Luc Varenne called again. Insists on being interviewed personally by the prosecutor’s office in the Vasseur case. Says he has already testified “in this matter” and refuses to explain over the phone.Read the excerpt ↗