Geneva: Philippine murder suspect refuses extradition

News in Philippine’s murder. The young man suspected of having killed this student in France last month was arrested on September 24 in Geneva.

This Moroccan, aged 22, was summoned this Wednesday afternoon to the premises of the Geneva Public Prosecutor’s Office.

As France is requesting his extradition, the defendant had to say whether he opposed this request. Which is equivalent to delaying his transfer by several months. During the hearing, the defendant, represented by a Geneva lawyer, indicated that he refused his extradition, reveals the Federal Office of Justice.

The victim, named Philippine and aged 19, was a student at the University of Paris-Dauphine. His body was found on September 21, buried in the woods, during a search organized by the police.

An investigation into intentional homicide was opened and entrusted to the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police.

According to a police source, witnesses reported seeing a man with a pickaxe in the area.

According to BFMTV, the suspect arrived in France from Spain when he was 17 years old. Subsequently, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison for the rape of a 23-year-old student in 2019 in Val-d’Oise. On September 3, he was released with a view to his deportation to Morocco. He never reported to the authorities. The day before the murder, a wanted notice had been issued against him for not having respected “his reporting obligation.” French investigators reportedly tracked him down using the geolocation of his cell phone.

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