A French judge has denied a demand to halt 24-hour-a-day video surveillance of a key suspect in the Paris terror attacks. Salah Abdeslam's lawyer had argued surveillance violated privacy and emotionally disturbed his client. The judge at a court in Versailles, outside of Paris, rejected the demand from the lawyer of Salah Abdeslam, who had argued the around-the-clock video surveillance violated privacy and psychologically disturbed his client, reports Deutsche Welle.
"Salah Abdeslam is not in a position to declare that he is subject of a manifest and clearly illegal breach of respect for his privacy," the judge said in a statement.
The judge added that the potential dangers of the suspect seeking to escape or perhaps commit suicide "necessitates taking exceptional measures with a view to offsetting [these] risks."
Abdeslam was on the run for months following the November terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. He managed to escape from France to Belgium, his country of residence, where he hid out until being captured and later extradited to France.
He has been held in solitary confinement at a high-security prison under constant surveillance and refused to talk to investigators during his first hearing. Investigators suspect he played at least some logistical role in the terror cell. He faces terrorism and murder charges.