DECRYPTION – During a first hearing the alleged murderer refused extradition. An optional opinion for Swiss justice.
Three weeks after the discovery of Philippine’s body in the Bois de Boulogne, on October 21, her alleged murderer was released from his Swiss cell on Wednesday and questioned. During this hearing revealed by BFMTV, Taha O refused his extradition to France.
According to our information, “the refusal of the person concerned changes nothing in the procedure which is taking place. Its opinion is in some way only advisory and Swiss justice can override it.», deciphers a good connoisseur of the file. “ There are of course procedural delays but given the good relations between France and Switzerland, we can hope for a positive outcome within a reasonable time frame.».
It is true that only a week passed between the receipt of the last formal extradition request document – the latter’s transmission on October 9 by physical mail – and the hearing of the alleged murderer.
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These procedural delays, which can range from a few weeks to a few months, are in particular the eight days during which the alleged murderer will be able to submit an administrative appeal against a possible decision by Switzerland to extradite the person who, at the time of the facts, had barely left prison for rape and was subject to an unfulfilled obligation to leave French territory (OQTF). Due to the lack of a consular pass arriving on time – Morocco only issues 10% for its nationals compared to the mass addressed to it – Tahar O had been released by a liberty and detention judge who had nevertheless took note of its dangerousness.
Numerous agreements link the Swiss Confederation to the European Union, multilateral and bilateral, including the Franco-Swiss agreement relating to the simplified extradition procedure and the convention implementing the Schengen agreement, because Switzerland is part of of the latter. Enough to facilitate the procedure, even if Switzerland is not part of the European Union. It is directly the Federal Office of Justice in Bern, the equivalent of the Swiss Ministry of Justice, which is currently in charge of the case.
The murder of Philippine moved the whole of France and caused a shock over the failures of migration policy, embarrassing the new government of Michel Barnier.
