A Parisian investigating judge on Friday ordered a trial against Dahbia B. for the murder of young Lola at the end of 2022 in Paris, which had sparked national emotion, according to AFP. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that the suspect of Algerian nationality would be tried for “the murder of a minor under 15 years old accompanied or preceded by rape, torture or acts of barbarism, to the detriment of young Lola , as well as for rape committed against a minor with torture or barbaric act.” Dahbia B. faces life imprisonment.
Lawyer for Lola’s family, Me Clotilde Lepetit greeted “ an instruction which shows the seriousness and the work which has been devoted to this extraordinary criminal case “. Lola’s mother Mme David wanted the highest level of legal proceedings to be held so that the terrible crimes committed against his daughter could be judged. We will have it », greeted the lawyer. “ We hope that the debates necessary for judicial truth will take place calmly, far from the media agitation and the nonsense of social networks », reacted to AFP Mes Alexandre Silva and Lucile Bertier, lawyers of Dahbia Benkired.
A woman she didn’t know
On Friday October 14, 2022, Lola, who had not returned from college in the afternoon, was found lifeless in a plastic box, in the interior courtyard of the building in the capital where she lived with her parents. , originally from Fouquereuil and Lillers. While looking for his daughter, her father, caretaker of the residence, sees on video surveillance images Lola entering the hall around 3:15 p.m. with a woman he does not know. The latter came out of the building around 5 p.m., pulling heavy luggage including a plastic trunk.
The criminal brigade of the Parisian judicial police arrested the suspect, Dahbia B., on Saturday morning in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), a young Algerian born in 1998, who entered France legally in 2016 with a residence permit. ‘student. She had been under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) for two months. The fact that it was still present in France had aroused virulent criticism from the right and the far right. The government in return castigated “ indecency » of this “ political recovery ».
Death by asphyxiation
During his police custody, Dahbia B. said he had “ forced (on Lola) to shower before committing sexual assaults and other violence against her which resulted in death. She would have hidden the body in the crate », Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a press release at the time. The autopsy revealed that Lola died of asphyxiation. His body showed “ multiple other lesions », especially at the neck level. At the end of her police custody, Dahbia Benkired was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention. A man, who transported Dahbia Benkired with the box and for a time welcomed her into his home, had been indicted for concealment of a corpse.
Johan Daviet, Lola’s father, returned to settle in the region after his daughter’s murder. He died last February, at age 49.
