Philippine’s alleged murderer was previously imprisoned in Yonne after a conviction for rape. Under house arrest, the suspect never reached his hotel in the Auxerre suburbs after leaving the detention center. The Ministry of the Interior launched a “flash mission” in order to retrace the sequence of events, without any administrative investigation directly targeting the Yonne prefecture.
The affair moved the whole of France. On September 21, 2024, the lifeless body of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan was discovered, buried in the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris. The alleged murderer of the 19-year-old student, Taha O., is currently detained in Switzerland. France has filed an extradition request with local authorities. He had previously been imprisoned in Joux-la-Ville as part of a previous conviction.
After the excitement aroused within the political class, the new Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, decided to retrace the sequence of events in order to identify potential flaws. “The ministry quickly asked the services to carry out audits to review each element of the procedure,” explains Bruno Retailleau’s entourage near Place Beauvau.
“The entire chain is examined”
According to our information, although the subject is sensitive, no administrative investigation strictly speaking directly targets state services in Yonne. “The administration is carrying out a ‘flash mission’, the objective is to dissect the facts. We need a look at what happened,” specifies the Ministry of the Interior.
In order to facilitate obtaining consular passes, the Ministry of the Interior has decided to centralize requests within a “task force”.
“I have no consolidated information at this stage. There was also a visit to the General Directorate for Foreigners in France (DGEF)
. It’s the entire chain that is being examined,” our source continues. Requested, the office of the prefect of Yonne refers to the supervisory ministry.
Murder of Philippine: we must “evolve our legal arsenal”, believes Retailleau
The results of this initial feedback should be known by next week. On the criminal side, an investigating judge is responsible for the investigation into homicide and rape. Judicial information concerns the offenses of murder preceded, accompanied or followed by another crime, rape, theft and fraud, all in a state of legal recidivism.
The suspect’s journey was widely documented by national media. Aged 22 and of Moroccan nationality, he was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2021 for a rape committed in 2019 in Val-d’Oise when he was still a minor.
Under house arrest in Yonne, the suspect never came to his hotel
Incarcerated in Yonne, Taha O. left the Joux-la-Ville detention center on June 20, 2024. Under an Obligation to Leave French Territory (OQTF) with a 10-year return ban, he was then placed in an administrative detention center (CRA) in Metz with a view to his expulsion to Morocco.
When the foreigner under OQTF is placed in detention, the judge can repeatedly give the green light to the authorities to extend his presence in the CRA within a legal period of 60 days. This can be extended up to a maximum of 90 days on an “exceptional basis”. premium
Convicted of rape and sexual assault on minors, Ahmed Gueninèche, a “City Ogre” on the AJ Auxerre road
The Lorraine magistrates contacted by the Yonne prefecture extended his detention by orders, three times, on June 23, July 20 and August 19, according to legal documents consulted by Agence France Presse. On September 3, 2024, the Metz judicial court finally validated his departure from the detention center.
Upon his release, the Moroccan national was placed under house arrest in a hotel in the suburbs of Auxerre which he will never return to, according to a source close to the matter. While he is already outside, the Moroccan authorities will eventually respond positively to the French request.
Created in 2013, the General Directorate for Foreigners in France (DGEF) is responsible within the Ministry of the Interior and Overseas Territories for immigration, asylum, integration and access to nationality policy. French.Alexis Gaucher, with AFP
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