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He Wanted to "Preserve the Children": at His Trial, the Unheard-of Defense of Assia's Murderer

Summary by Marianne
On 8 July, the Paris Assize Court desperately tried to understand the gear in which Lakhdar M., husband and father of the family, was plunged, accused of killing and dismembering his wife in January 2023. Unable to explain his actions, the accused had never stopped taking refuge behind the fact that he wanted to "protect his children". A strategy that struggles to convince.

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Twenty-seven years of criminal imprisonment were requested on Thursday 9 July against Laghdar "Youcef" M., for the murder and dismemberment of his wife, Assia B. The victim's family paid tribute to him during several testimonies that shaken the victim's speech.

·Paris, France
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On 8 July, the Paris Assize Court desperately tried to understand the gear in which Lakhdar M., husband and father of the family, was plunged, accused of killing and dismembering his wife in January 2023. Unable to explain his actions, the accused had never stopped taking refuge behind the fact that he wanted to "protect his children". A strategy that struggles to convince.

·Paris, France
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Lakhdar Matoug, 53 years old, appeared before the Paris assize court for the murder of his wife Assia, whose body had been found in February 2023 at the Buttes-Chaumont and in Bobigny. The accused, who...

Lakhdar Matoug, 53 years old, appeared before the Paris court for the murder of his wife, committed on 30 January 2023. After strangled him, he cut out his body, which he dispersed in several places, in Paris and in Bobigny. Serving the story of an argument that turns badly, without being able to explain his gesture, the accused is confronted with the positions of the civil parties and of the prosecution, who see in this murder the usual mechani…

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Marianne broke the news in Paris, France on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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