The main suspect in the murder of Philippine was indicted in Paris on Wednesday by an investigating judge, for “murder accompanied by another crime”, which makes him “incur criminal imprisonment for life”, indicated the Paris prosecutor's office to AFP.
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.
Gaze fixed on the ground
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.
