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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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…
Algerian woman gets life sentence for rape, torture and murder of French girl
A French court on Friday sentenced an Algerian woman to life imprisonment without parole for raping, torturing and murdering a girl in Paris, making her the first woman to receive this maximum sentence. Dahbia Benkired was handed an “irreducible life sentence” for killing 12-year-old Lola Daviet in the French capital in 2022, in a case that horrified the country and sparked anti-immigration fervour because the woman did not have the right to be …
Lola Daviet, 12, was raped, tortured and brutally murdered three years ago. Now Dahbia Benkired is the first woman ever in France to be sentenced to the maximum sentence: life without parole. “We have restored the memory of my sister,” says Lola's brother Thibault.
A French court sentenced Algerian Dahbia Benkired to life in prison without parole on Friday for the rape, torture and murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet. With the decision, Benkired became the first woman in France to be given the harshest possible sentence. The case, which shocked the country in 2022, also sparked a heated debate about immigration, as the convict did not have a valid residence permit, Le Monde reported. Benkired, now 27, was ar…
French Court Hands Rare Life Sentence to Murderer of 12-Year-Old Lola Daviet
In a verdict that has gripped a France already horrified by the brutality of the violent crime, a Paris court on Friday sentenced 27-year-old Dahbia Benkired, an Algerian illegally in France at the time of the murder, to life imprisonment without the possibility of early release for the rape, torture, and murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet in 2022. Benkired is the first woman ever to receive an “irreducible life sentence,” the harshest punishment…
Argelina's wife raped, tortured and killed a 12-year-old child, before she put her body in a bad ride. "When there is no disease, there is no treatment," said the prosecutor responsible for the case.
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