'It will be another ordeal': crash victim families prepare for Sarkozy appeal trial

Families of the victims of the DC 10 bombing hold a 10-metre-long banner with the names of all 170 people killed, on 21 October 2002 in Paris, in protest at a French-Libyan commission held that day for the first time in 20 years. AFP - FRANCOIS GUILLOT

The appeal trial over alleged Libyan funding of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign – which opened on Monday in Paris – centres on claims that funds were tied to lifting an arrest warrant for a Libyan agent responsible for the 1989 bombing of a UTA DC-10 aircraft. The sister of one of the victims spoke to RFI about Sarkozy's media response following his conviction, and what they expect from the trial.

In 1989, 170 people of 17 nationalities – including 53 French citizens – were killed when a UTA airliner, travelling from Brazzaville to Paris, exploded over the Ténéré Desert in Niger. There were no survivors.