MR BANADE
Mr Chairman, just to answer the first part.  In my opinion there is overwhelming evidence that there was a pocketbook, albeit purely based on Judge Thirion's judgment and there ware three persons who make mention of it.
The fact that he was searched and nothing was found on 
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him, I do not think on the basis of that bit of evidence one can say that there was no evidence.  It is possible that nothing was found at that stage.  
	But to go to your question as to why it was thrown away.  Certainly it is strange, but one has to bear in mind that these persons are affiliated to a riot squad, working in a riot squad, they are not investigators, they are not your typical charge office policemen, they are riot squad policemen.  They are in a completely different category.  They are used to have a physical presence at certain places and they do not take matters to court.  So for a typical young man under those circumstances who found the pocketbook, and at that time his thoughts were to assault this man, decided to throw the pocketbook away.  Why he did it may seem irrational today, but I do not think it should be regarded as so irrational that one could assume on the basis of that bit of evidence that there was no pocketbook.