Taha O., the main suspect in the murder of Philippine in September, who was arrested in Switzerland, must be extradited to France on Wednesday, a source close to the case told AFP on Monday, confirming information from CNews. He was heard again this Monday by the public prosecutor of the canton of Geneva and confirmed his consent to a surrender to France according to a simplified extradition procedure, the Paris prosecutor's office indicated.
Under OQTF
His lawyer in Switzerland, Me Florence Yersin had already announced last Tuesday that he had accepted this extradition, after initially refusing it. However, the date of his transfer was not known. Taha O., a 22-year-old Moroccan and the main suspect, was arrested at Geneva's main station on September 24.
The suspect was already convicted in 2021 for rape, then released in June 2024, “ at the end of the sentence », According to the Paris prosecutor’s office. He was then placed in an administrative detention center in Metz. Upon his release, he was placed under house arrest in a hotel in Yonne where he never went. Having failed to comply with his reporting obligation, he was included in the wanted persons file the day before the murder, September 19. He was under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF).
Not found
After her lunch in the canteen of Paris Dauphine University, Philippine, a 19-year-old student, had to go to her parents in Yvelines. But she never arrived and she could not be reached by her loved ones, who quickly became worried. In the evening, they alerted the police. Her friends and family had organized a hunt in the Bois de Boulogne, close to the university and where the young woman's cell phone was geolocated. The search was successful quickly: first his phone was found, then a body nearby, half buried.
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