Overview
- The Paris Assize Court convicted Dahbia Benkired of raping, torturing and murdering Lola Daviet in 2022 and imposed life imprisonment without parole, identified in reporting as a first for a woman in France.
- A medical examiner told the court that Lola was sexually assaulted while alive and sustained numerous stab wounds before suffocating under duct tape.
- CCTV captured Benkired moving a container later found to hold Lola’s body, and investigators recovered scissors and knives with blood traces in her apartment.
- Benkired apologized in court and asked the family for forgiveness, while Lola’s mother said the family believed in justice after the verdict.
- The family described enduring trauma, including the 2024 death of father Johan Daviet after heavy drinking, and the case renewed political calls for tighter immigration enforcement given reports that Benkired had overstayed a visa and received a removal order.