Overview
- On the third day of the six-day trial, Dahbia Benkired told judges an ex-partner was partly responsible and said she wanted to harm him rather than the 12-year-old victim.
- Ex-partners Fatah A. and Mustapha M. testified by denying allegations of poisoning, occult rituals, or non-consensual acts and described volatile relationships with the accused.
- Prosecutors and experts challenged shifting narratives about "water of death," ensorcelment, and the use of Lyrica or Rivotril, citing toxicology tests that were negative after her arrest.
- Court-ordered expert reports submitted to the file state there was no psychiatric illness that removed or impaired judgment, noting patterns of manipulative conduct.
- Forensic presentations earlier in the proceedings detailed rape, binding, and fatal asphyxia, with surveillance and witnesses situating Benkired with the victim and later carrying a trunk.