French prosecutors have called for a life sentence for 27-year-old Dahbia Benkired, accused of the rape, torture and murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet in Paris in October 2022, a punishment so rare it has never before been handed down to a woman in France.
The Algerian national is standing trial for the murder of Lola, a case which horrified the country and fuelled anti-immigration sentiment after it was revealed she had no legal right to be in France.
The far right seized on the case to criticise the government's immigration policies after it emerged Benkired had been ordered to leave French territory two months before the schoolgirl's murder.
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