Overview

• Following a two-day trial in Nîmes, the jury found Mohamed O. guilty of the May 2023 killings in Les Salles-du-Gardon and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
• The sentence carries an 18-year period of ineligibility for parole and strips him of parental authority over his infant daughter.
• He immediately appealed the verdict, according to judicial sources.
• The defendant claimed he acted in a rage when killing his sister-in-law and described his wife’s death as accidental, but forensic evidence and medical testimony contradicted that account.
• As a Moroccan national under an obligation to leave French territory at the time of the attack, his case has reignited scrutiny of coordination between immigration enforcement and domestic violence prevention.