A harrowing trial over the alleged gang rape of teenage girls in the high-rise tower blocks of a poor Paris suburb has shocked France, exposed a culture of youth violence and threatens to spark a row over the justice system when verdicts are delivered this week. Nina and Stephanie – not their real names – said that for years they were too scared to speak out about what they allege were months of a
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