US EditionWoman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl
- On Friday, a Paris court sentenced Dahbia Benkired to an irreducible life sentence, making her the first woman in France to receive a whole-life term.
- On October 14, 2022, schoolgirl Lola Daviet was abducted from the apartment block in northeast Paris where she lived, and her body was later found in a trunk nearby.
- Addressing the jury, the Attorney General said, 'Today you have to judge three crimes marked by particular cruelty which are all punishable by life imprisonment,' highlighting the case's severity.
- Lola's family were left devastated as Delphine Daviet and Thibault Daviet broke down in tears and Johan Daviet died last year amid the tragedy.
- Whole-Life terms are rare in France and often criticised by human rights bodies, while French law allows a review after 30 years by a Court of Cassation special panel, with prisoners like Michel Fourniret and Salah Abdeslam serving similar sentences.
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After six intense days of trial, Dahbia Benkired was convicted of rape, torture and killing Lola. However, this 27-year-old woman did not surrender the reason for committing such atrocities.
The trial for the murder of 12-year-old Lola brings back to the public one of the most shocking cases of recent years – Her father could not bear her loss
The Paris Court of Assisi has sentenced Dahbia Benkired, 27, to life imprisonment without possibility of reduction of sentence for the murder of Lola Daviet, a 12-year-old girl...
In an unusual sentence, Dahbia Benkired, a 27-year-old Algerian citizen, was sentenced this Friday in France to life imprisonment, with no possibility of reduction of sentence, after being convicted of raping, torturing and murdering Lola Daviet, a 12-year-old girl, in 2022. Benkired will have to serve at least 30 years in prison for her crimes against the little one, becoming the first woman in French judicial history to receive this ruling, th…
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