US EditionFrance Tries Algerian Woman for Rape and Murder of 12-Year-Old Girl
Dahbia Benkired is charged with raping, torturing, and killing 12-year-old Lola Daviet in Paris; the trial may result in a life sentence, prosecutors say.
- On Friday, a woman went on trial in France accused of raping, torturing and murdering 12-year-old Lola Daviet in Paris; she faces life in prison and the trial lasts until next Friday.
- Court records show a history of instability and Benkired settled in France since 2013 with no stable job or home, and her mother's 2020 death marked a turning point.
- Investigators say she raped and assaulted Lola Daviet with scissors and a box cutter, bound her with duct tape causing death by asphyxia, then placed the body in a trunk and tried to flee.
- In court the family showed tribute T-shirts while Lola's mother urged politicians to stop exploiting the death, as conservative and far-right politicians called for tougher immigration enforcement.
- In testimony, Benkired said she used `Twenty joints a day`, turned to prostitution encouraged by a drug-dealer boyfriend, and recounted alleged childhood abuse at age 14.
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The trial of this 27-year-old Algerian woman opened on Friday in front of the Paris assize court. The motive for this barbaric crime is still unclear at this stage.
Dahbia Benkired has been appearing since Friday morning before the Paris Assize Court. This 27-year-old Algerian is being tried for "murder", "rape" and "acts of torture or barbarism", committed on October 14, 2022, against Lola Daviet, 12 years old. This afternoon, two investigators gave an icy account of the murder and its aftermath. - Rape and murder of Lola: the icy account of the first investigators (Police, justice and other facts).
The Paris assize court judges an Algerian woman, Dahbia Benkired, accused of having raped, tortured and killed Lola, a 12-year-old girl in 2022.
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