Lawyer of Paris attack's surviving suspect drop defense on continued refusal to testify

Defense lawyers of Salah Abdslam, the surviving suspect of Paris deadly attacks which left 130 victims, resigned form their role after their client remained silent to protest constant camera surveillance, news channel BFMTV reported on Wednesday.

"We both decided to give up defense of Salah Abdslam," lawyer Frank Berton said in a joint interview with fellow lawyer Sven Mary.

"We are convinced, and he told us so, that he will not talk and will use his right to remain silent. What can we do. I have said it from the beginning, if my client remains silent, I drop his defense," Breton added.

Transferred form Belgium to France on April 27, the Paris attacks suspect has been put in solitary confinement in a high-security prison of Fleury-Merogis, south Paris. He has been under 24-video surveillance in his cell.

Breton noted that Abdslam refusal to testify on November attacks was a result of his imprisonment conditions and to be put on continuous monitoring.

"We have seen him slide away. Being watched all the time, with infrared at night, that drives one crazy, and that is a consequence of a political decision," he said.

"We were convinced he had something to say and he would say. He will not say anything. But what a pity," he added.

In a joint interview, Belgian lawyer Sven Mary stressed that "the real victims of this are the victims of the Paris attacks. They have a right to know."

Abdslam was captured on March during a counter-terrorism raid in Molenbeek, in the Belgian capital Brussels.

Investigators suspect him at having providing logistics for a group of armed men that stormed restaurants, theatre hall and soccer stadium in Paris in Nov. 2015.

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