The main suspect in the murder of the 19-year-old student initially refused his extradition. He finally accepted and must be extradited on Wednesday November 6.
New stage in the investigation into the murder of Philippine. Taha O., main suspect in the murder of the student, must be extradited on Wednesday November 6 to France, reports a source close to the case, confirming information from CNews. The 22-year-old man was questioned again this Monday by the public prosecutor of the canton of Geneva after being arrested in Switzerland on September 24. The suspect confirmed his consent to being handed over to France according to a simplified extradition procedure, indicates the Paris prosecutor's office.
His lawyer in Switzerland, Me Florence Yersin, had already announced last Tuesday that he had accepted this extradition, after initially refusing it. An acceleration which allows French justice to avoid having to go through the ordinary procedure, which is much longer.
The body of Philippine, a 19-year-old student at Paris-Dauphine University, was discovered on September 21 in the Bois de Boulogne, in western Paris, after several days of searching. The same day, the Paris prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation for rape and homicide.
A 22-year-old Moroccan national, Taha O., already convicted of rape in 2021, was released in June 2024 at the end of his sentence, then placed in an administrative detention center in Metz. He was then assigned to a hotel in Yonne, where he had never been, nor did he respect his obligation to clock in, enough to register him in the file of wanted persons the day before the murder , September 19. He was required to leave French territory, which sparked strong reactions, particularly from the far right. The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, also urged “develop our legal arsenal”.
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