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The suspect in Philippine's murder will be extradited to France this Wednesday, November 6. Taha Oualidat, who initially refused his transfer from Switzerland on October 17, finally accepted extradition last week.
Taha Oualidat, suspected of the murder of Philippine, will be extradited to France from Switzerland this Wednesday, November 6, according to a source close to the case confirmed by BFMTV and initially reported by CNews.
The suspect initially refused extradition
Aged 22 and arrested in Switzerland on September 24 in Geneva, the suspect initially refused his extradition before finally accepting it last week. This extradition request was filed by the French judicial authorities on October 9.
He was on OQTF
Since June 18, he had been subject to an Obligation to Leave French Territory (OQTF), against which he had filed no appeal.
What do we know about the suspect?
Arriving in France from Spain in 2019 at the age of 17, Taha Oualidat was convicted of rape in Val-d'Oise shortly after his arrival. Of his seven-year prison sentence, he had served almost five.
On September 3, a judge of freedoms and detention ordered his release with a reporting obligation and house arrest in a hotel in Yonne, but he never went to this address. On September 6, Morocco issued a consular pass for his expulsion, but Oualidat was already on the run.
As a reminder, Philippine was found dead and buried in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on September 21. The student had not been heard from since Friday 20. She was last seen around 2 p.m., after lunch in Paris Dauphine where she was studying. She was found in the Bois de Boulogne, where her phone had last been geolocated.
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