00:00In a historic ruling, a Paris court sentenced 27-year-old Dabia Benqueret this Friday to life in a prison without the possibility of parole for the rape, the torture and the murder of 12-year-old Lola Davier in 2022.
00:18The first time such a sentence has ever been handed down to a woman in France.
00:24The case horrified the nation for its brutality and ignited a fierce political debate after it was revealed that Benqueret, born in Algeria, was undocumented and had been asked to leave the country just two months before the crime.
00:43Throughout the trial, Dabia Benqueret showed no emotion, just as the verdict was read, a chilling contrast to the grief of Lola's family.
00:53Lola's mother and brother broke down in tears while the memory of Lola's father, who died last year after relapsing back into alcoholism, lingered over the courtroom.
01:07Benqueret has now 10 days to appeal this decision.
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