Overview
- Two former partners testified, with Fatah A. denying claims of poisoning, occult rites and sexual violence, and Mustapha M. questioned over demeaning messages exchanged before the killing.
- Benkired told the court she sought to harm an ex-partner and not Lola Daviet, attributing partial responsibility for her actions to him.
- Prosecutors cited negative toxicology results at arrest, weakening the accused’s assertions that she was drugged or under medications such as Lyrica or Rivotril.
- Medical examiners’ reports presented earlier confirmed rape, repeated blows and death by asphyxia, with genital injuries inflicted before death.
- The six-day trial opened October 17 before the Paris cour d’assises, where Benkired faces aggravated murder and rape charges that carry a possible life sentence.