Paris - The mysterious case of Yann Piat, the only member of parliament to be murdered in the 40-year history of France's Fifth Republic, came to court yesterday more than four years after she was gunned down by suspected hired assassins on a deserted country road.
Expected to last five weeks, the hearings into one of the most sinister incidents in modern French politics will see two former cabinet ministers and several local political bosses take to the witness stand and throw an uncomfortable spotlight on the oft-rumoured links between prominent Riviera politicians and organised crime.
