In his second statement (P/8), the defendant claimed that: "I know the house he came out of, I don't know if he lives there" (P/8, p. 4). This detail is consistent with the testimony of Jaudat, who stated that he saw the deceased leave his house (and later went back in and out again). Later in the same interrogation, the defendant adds that he does not know who the house from which the deceased left belongs, but that "when I was driving in the car, it came out of my left side" (ibid.). This description is also consistent with Jaudat's testimony. Later in the same interrogation, he said: "The deceased was holding a telephone and I saw him coming from left to right... walking briskly" (he later corrected himself and claimed that he did not notice the deceased before he hit him). In addition, the defendant testified about the words of his brother who told him: "Be careful, be careful on the left side, there is a child" (p. 9). Beyond the fact that this statement is admissible under the exception of "res gesta", the defendant's testimony about the very statement made by Karim, who was traveling with him, is admissible, and hence, according to the defendant, he was also warned about the presence of a pedestrian on the left.
As a matter of fact, the Dodge vehicle does not slow down/brake, moving to and after the injury to the deceased:
There is no dispute that the defendant, even according to his version, did not brake the Dodge before hitting the deceased (whether according to some of his versions this is due to the fact that he did not notice the deceased at all, or whether this is rooted in another part of his versions, to a technical failure of the brakes). This matter is of great importance on two levels. The first is in connection with the reliability of his version, and the second is in connection with the mental element that accompanies his actions. Hence in detail.
According to the defendant, he tried to brake, but despite pressing the brakes, the vehicle did not stop. This was expressed in his second interrogation: