Chahinez Daoud: French court sentences man to life in prison for burning wife alive

Two crimes resurfaced today because of the concomitance of the opening of the trials of the accused: the murder Chahinez Daoud, burned alive in the street by his ex-companion, and that of Aurélie Langelin, beaten by her husband. The press is seized by asking the question of the responsibility of the State. However, to see in these crimes only institutional dysfunctions, is to condemn itself to fighting the flames... by turning your back to the f…

‘Pathologically jealous’ French man jailed for life for burning wife alive

Fearful for her life, his victim had made a report against him but investigators found the handling of her complaint severely lacking.

Chahinez Daoud: French court sentences man to life in prison for burning wife alive

A French court on Friday sentenced a French-Algerian man to life imprisonment for burning his wife, Chahinez Daoud, alive after shooting her in both legs with a rifle. The violent case has shocked France and raised questions over whether Daoud's previous complaints about her husband were taken seriously by police.

French court condemns man who burned wife alive to life in prison

BORDEAUX, France — A French court on Friday condemned a man who burned his 31-year-old wife alive to life imprisonment, in a case that shocked the country and sparked criticism of police for failing to protect her. Mounir Boutaa, 48, will have to serve a minimum of 22 years behind bars, after which a sentencing tribunal will decide if he can be released. “It’s an extremely severe sentence in that he has almost no chance of one day leaving detent…

Bordeaux, France. Justice sentenced a man this Friday to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, who he shot in both legs before burning her alive near Bordeaux.This case, which prosecutor Cécile Kauffman described during the trial in Bordeaux as a “murderous attack with intent to exterminate”, shocked France and became a symbol of macho violence.On May 4, 2021, Mounir Boutaa, a 48-year-old Franco-Argelinian mason, shot his wife Chahinez D…

Mounir Boutaa was sentenced on Friday, 28 March, to life imprisonment for "the murder" four years ago, of his wife Chahinez Daoud, burned alive in Mérignac, in the Bordeaux suburbs. A resounding case in which police officers had been punished.