Stock Photo - lawyer Michel Bouchat, defending Salah Abdeslam pictured during a session of a summary proceedings brought by Salah Abdeslam against the Belgian State, who wishes to serve his sentence in Belgium rather than in France, in front of the french-speaking first instance court of Brussels, Monday 04 September 2023. Lawyers will ask the civil court, sitting in summary proceedings, to prohibit the Belgian State from transferring their client to France at the end of the proceedings before the Brussels assize court, and to authorise him to serve the sentence handed down against him in Paris in Belgium. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM.