Nearly a month and a half after his arrest in Switzerland, Taha O., the suspect in the murder of Philippine in Paris, was indicted on Wednesday on charges that put him at risk of life imprisonment. Taha O., a 22-year-old Moroccan, was indicted in Paris for “murder accompanied by another repeat crime”, which makes him “ face life imprisonment », indicated the Paris prosecutor's office to AFP.
Silence
Also indicted for repeat rape, Taha O. appeared before a liberty and detention judge, who placed him in pre-trial detention, according to the prosecution. He is suspected of the murder of Philippine, a 19-year-old student, whose body was discovered buried in Paris in the Bois de Boulogne at the end of September. A judicial investigation was opened in Paris for rape and homicide.
Wednesday evening, at the hearing before the judge of freedoms and detention, the Moroccan appeared hunched, his gaze fixed on the ground, before the magistrate declared the case closed. At the end, his lawyer did not wish to comment. The young man, with brown hair combed back and a brown beard, was extradited on Wednesday during the day from Switzerland, the country where he fled after the events and where he was arrested on September 24. He was then presented to an investigating judge, who pronounced his indictment.
Extradition
In addition to the charges for murder accompanied by a repeat crime and repeat rape, Taha O. is also being prosecuted for repeat theft, as well as repeat fraud for acts committed in Montreuil, according to the prosecution. According to the public prosecutor, he remained silent before the magistrate. France filed an extradition request on October 9 but the suspect initially refused to be extradited from Switzerland. His lawyer in this country, Me Florence Yersin, then announced that he had finally accepted this extradition “ after understanding the ins and outs of the procedure “, considering that it was “ an informed choice on his part ».
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