He is the main suspect in Philippine's murder and had accepted his extradition to France. This will be effective on Wednesday, according to a source close to the matter, confirming information from CNews. Taha O. was heard again this Monday by the public prosecutor of the canton of Geneva, and confirmed his consent to being handed over to France according to a simplified extradition procedure, the Paris prosecutor's office indicated.
France filed an extradition request on October 9 but the suspect, a 22-year-old Moroccan, initially refused to be extradited. “The accused person did not consent to simplified extradition,” said a spokesperson for the Federal Office of Justice in an email. “My client made his decision after understanding the ins and outs of the extradition procedure […] It’s an informed choice on his part,” Taha O.’s lawyer finally reported at the end of October.
Philippine's murder caused immense emotion in France and also a virulent public debate. The suspect had in fact already been convicted in 2021 for rape, then released in June 2024, “at the end of his sentence”, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. He was then placed in an administrative detention center in Metz.
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