61: Devil Monster of France - The Story of Lola Daviet - Shades of Murder: A True Crime Podcast

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On October 14th, 2022, in a building courtyard in Paris,
France, a homeless man stumbled upon a large black trunk.
The horrific sight that lay inside would haunt him and the
most experienced of officers. Investigation into this
mysterious, grisly death would lead to an unusual suspect whose

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actions shocked and enraged an entire country.
Who was this victim? And who was the monster who had
murdered them and stuffed their body inside a plastic box?

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Hello and welcome to Shades of Murder.
I am your host Alita Caldwell. In this podcast, I discuss cases
of murder from around the world and throughout history,
attempting to unravel the layersof darkness that help make
humans and monsters. Please be forewarned that each

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episode contains specific and attimes very graphic and
disturbing details of the case. This show is not intended for
all audiences and listener discretion is strongly advised.
Some stories make us believe in the existence of evil.
When there is no diagnosis of a severe mental illness or a

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nightmarish childhood backgroundto grasp the barbaric actions of
an offender, what else is left besides viewing them solely as a
monster? The depths of depravity in the
void of emotion portrayed by theperpetrator can only be
explained by the unexplainable darkness of another soul.

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This is the story of the devil monster of France, Dabia
Binquered. Paris is an absolutely
mesmerizing city. The capital of France is known
by many, particularly by its residents as the New York City
of Europe. Paris is truly a remarkable
place full of centuries old buildings, astonishing museums

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and breathtaking landmarks. The Arandas men's or districts
are lined with unique shops and picture perfect St. cafes.
Paris has long been on my bucketlist and the year before this
horrible tragedy occurred, I took myself there to celebrate
earning a degree. Even though it was still in the

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midst of the great pandemic, I made the most of my journey and
loved the experience. I have never been to New York
City, but I can only imagine it holds the same kind of feverish
global energy that Paris does. It was in December, mind you,
but the streets were still crowded and flourishing with
people everywhere. The roads were riddled with

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traffic jams and pedestrians ignoring the lights running
around the taxis to reach the next block.
There's an undeniable magnetic International Energy there with
every imaginable kind of culturerepresented.
My lifelong association with Paris being the height of
fashion did not let me down. Everyone was very fashionable

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and classy in an effortless way.The people are also much warmer
and friendlier than other cultures, often to pick them as
the French simply have more manners and are quiet and they
expect the same in return. I barely spoke any French and my
phone would not work outside thecountry.

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I walked everywhere with a localmap and just my visual sense of
direction, which thanks to hiking in the woods with my
boyfriend over the years, had significantly improved.
I would just leisurely stop and eat and explore whenever I felt
like it. Something about the people and
the places I've visited made me feel very welcome and relaxed,

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as if it could be my second home.
I've been waiting more than three years to discuss this case
for most of my long time listeners.
You probably have noticed that Idon't cover cases that have not
been handled within the criminaljustice system unless they are
murders which remain unsolved orthere has been injustice for the

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victim and their family. I prefer not to cover cases that
I feel are incomplete. That is, no one has been held
accountable for the crime. Many podcasts have covered this
case, but not in its entirety because it was only in October
of this year that the story cameto some kind of closure.

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Harris is a sprawling, massive metropolitan city divided into
20 diverse and unique air endorsements or districts.
Like any large urban city, sections and districts are known
for being more appealing and safer than others.
The 19th Erdosmund, where this story takes place, is known for
being somewhat sketchy, althoughit does have its lovely quiet

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parts, especially for families. It has also been associated with
a lot of petty crimes and drug trafficking.
That is more of a cautionary tale for tourists rather than
its residents, though, and most never encounter any problems.
This is one of those stories that serves as a reminder that
although stranger danger is extremely rare, when it does

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occur it often unfolds into a parent's worst nightmare.
On the afternoon of October 14th, 2020, two 12 year old
schoolgirl Lola Devier disappeared.
Her parents expected her home after middle school, which was
only a short walk away. When she never returned, they
immediately sensed something waswrong.
Lola was a darling and very responsible young girl.

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She was respectful and considerate to her parents and
would never have just run off without telling them.
Lola's parents were concierge orcaretakers of the residential
building where the family lived.They immediately contacted the
police and reported their daughter missing.
Officers began searching around the communal areas of the
apartment complex. Since her father was the
caretaker of the building. He immediately began reviewing

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the CCTV footage. At 3:15 PM, he watched as his
daughter Lola entered the building with an unknown woman.
Lola appeared to be helping the woman inside with some heavy
luggage. Then he watched in horror when
less than two hours later, at 4:59 PM, this same woman, now
wearing different clothing, was carrying two pink suitcases, one

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which she used to prop open the door.
The woman left and within a few minutes she was seen awkwardly
dragging a heavy black trunk covered in a blanket down the
hallway towards the lobby. What if the neighbors even
helped hold the door open for her?
Only a few hours later, a homeless man walking in the
courtyard of the building stumbled upon what appeared to

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be a plastic trunk. He opened it to see what lay
inside. The man was horrified at what he
saw. Underneath some layers of
clothes appeared to be a child. The man immediately contacted
the authorities. When investigators arrived at
the scene, they were not prepared for the disturbing and
brutal sight of 12 year old LolaDavia's corpse.

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She was nude and had multiple deep gashes and cuts on her
body. The young girl's face was
covered in duct tape. The once vanished child had now
become a victim of an atrocious murder.
A forensic pathologist would determine that the official
cause of death was cardio respiratory failure due to
asphyxiation and cervical compression.

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Many large cuts have been made to the girl's face and back.
Her neck had been sliced so deeply by a bladed weapon that
her head was partially severed. The girl had also been a victim
of brutal sexual assault. Witnesses at the scene told the
police that they saw the woman leave the building around 5:00
PM carrying a large trunk which she stuffed inside a friend's

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car. Another witness said the suspect
had offered him money to assist her in moving the trunk.
CCTV footage collected from a nearby bar on Rouman in minutes
after she left the building showed the same woman with two
very heavy suitcases casually sitting at a table.
In a bizarre and brazen moment, a man whom she was talking to on

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the street sits down at the table with her.
He asks her what's inside the trunk to what She tells him she
is selling kidneys and encourages him to look inside.
At one point the woman does openthe trunk and pairs inside.
It was later realized that she was looking at Lula Davi's body.
The man didn't think too much about the weird transaction he

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had with the stranger at the time, but then hours later he
heard about the grisly news about a 12 year old girl being
found deceased inside an eerily similar looking trunk.
He immediately contacted the police and reported the odd
encounter he had with a woman atthe cafe.
Investigators soon learned that the sister of the suspect lived
at the same building complex. When they entered the apartment,

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they discovered what they believed to be the weapons used
in the crime. There were a pair of scissors
and oyster knife, which is what it sounds it should be used for
to shock open an oyster and whatwas described as an IKEA knife.
They were all spatter with blood.
The CCTV footage in the area along with witness statements
and phone records LED investigators to locate the

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suspect slightly before 8:00 AM the morning after the heinous
murder of this young girl. The suspect was handed at a
friend's house in Wah Colombs, asuburb of Paris. 3 suspects, in
addition to the murder suspect, were arrested and held in
custody. One man and one woman,
identified as the main suspect'solder sister, was later released

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without charges. An older man who was suspected
of sheltering the suspect remained in custody.
It was later learned that the man was a friend of the suspect.
She had persuaded him to drive her, the two suitcases and the
trunk back to his home. According to this man, Dabia
Binka Red, the suspect took a chauffeur driven car, which the

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man had arranged for her, back to the residential building,
where he had picked her up with the trunk.
When officers brought her older sister Frija in for an
interview, she told police that her sister was unemployed and
homeless. She lived with a friend outside
of Paris, but sometimes she let her younger sister stay at her
apartment with her. Debbie's sister told
investigators that her younger sister always had trouble

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fitting in, and during the last month she had started
sleepwalking. She said that she would wake up
and say strange, incoherent things.
Frija described her sister as being bipolar, even calling her
a bad seed. She claimed not to know anything
about the crime and was later released without facing any
charges. On several occasions, a witness

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referred to as Mr. K noticed thesuspect hanging out.
She was known around the 19th Eridasmund for begging.
W would call it to passerby, sometimes asking them for a
cigarette, other times trying toscrounge up a few coins.
He did not know the woman personally, but he saw her from
time to time and wondered whether she might be a little
unstable, even a little unhinged.

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The suspect in the murder of 12 year old Lola Davie was
identified as 24 year old Dabia Binqueret.
The main suspect was held in custody for 48 hours before
being brought before the Parisian Judicial Court.
During this period, she was interviewed 6 times by the
police. The first three interviews

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yielded nothing for investigators.
The suspected killer swore that she was not involved in any way
with the assault and murder of the young French girl.
When investigators first broughtDabia Binkirit into the
interrogation room, they showed her grotesque, disturbing
pictures of the young girl's corpse.

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The only thing she said was again after each photo, when the
gendarmerie or Parisian police shot the suspect.
Pictures of Lola's mutilated dead body, she said.
And I quote, I too was raped andI saw my parents die in front of
me. It is unknown whether her claims
were ever true. Dabia Binky Red initially flat

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out denied being involved and kept repeating to investigators.
I don't want to answer you. Then she began telling them
events that were contradictory with one another.
And we're not at all convincing.The suspect offered far fetched,
bizarre versions of what happened that day.
However, something in the interrogation room shifted, and

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during the fourth interview, Dabia Binka Red broke her
silence before confessing. She looked at the investigators
and smiled, telling them I've always wanted to be a police
officer. According to the suspect's
confession, the following sequence of events occurred on
the afternoon of October 14th, 2022.

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She had woken up that morning around 10 or 11, had breakfast
with her older sister at her apartment, and then she went for
a walk. She just walked aimlessly and
ended up on the metro towards Champs Elise.
She ended up going to her formerboyfriend's residence, where the
two got into a terrible argumentalone.
Now along with her two suitcases, she returned to her

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sister's apartment building. Debia Binka Red was standing
near the entrance with two overly sized pieces of luggage.
She didn't have her own pass since it was her sister's
apartment, not hers, and the caretaker had refused to give
her one. Then she appeared, a young girl
just returning home from school.Debia asked the girl for help

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with her suitcases. The young girl was happy to
assist in opening the door, but when the woman said she could
really use her help getting themupstairs and inside her citrus
apartment, the girl told the lady that she wasn't supposed to
go inside a stranger's place. But the friendly and pretty
older woman reassured the young girl that everything's fine,

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everything would be OK, She justreally needed her help to get
the suitcases up the stairs and inside her citrus apartment.
The kind and trusting young girldecided to go with her.
Before she entered the apartment, she begged the older
woman not to hurt her. Once inside the apartment, the
woman turned on her. She threatened to kill her if

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she didn't do what she was told.Dabia forced the terrified young
girl to wash herself in the shower.
She slammed the girl's head against the wall of the shower
and sexually violated her vaginally and anally.
She also forced her to perform sexual acts upon her.

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Tabia described how Lola had turned into a ghost.
She didn't say a word. She slapped the girl, afraid
that she would tell her family about the assault.
It is not known of the exact moment over the more than hour
and a half horrific assault on this young girl, but the attack

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turned deadly. Tabia grabbed a pair of scissors
and began to stab the girl over and over again.
She slashed at her face and multiple times across her back.
Then she pulled out a box cutterand slit the girl's throat and
stabbed her numerous times with the scissors.

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Tabia grabbed duct tape sealing the girl's mouth shut and
wrapped the tape around her face.
It is believed that Lola Daviay was still alive when she taped
up the young girl, leaving her to suffocate to death.
Debiah Binky Red admitted to investigators that she had lured

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Lola to her sister's apartment where she quote UN quote,
committed harm of a sexual nature and other violent acts
against Lola that caused her death and hid her body in the
trunk. On Monday, October 17th, 2022,
Dabia Binkirid spoke not a word as she faced the three judges
who were investigating this atrocious crime.

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The 24 year old woman was charged with the murder of a
minor under 15 years old. Under French law Article 2:20
1/4 of the French Penal Code, killing a person under the age
of 15 is considered an aggravating circumstance which
brings with it the possibility of a life sentence.

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Dabia Banker Ed was also chargedwith rape with acts of torture
and barbarism as defined by the French Penal Code.
When rapists proceeded accompanied by are followed by
torture and acts of barbarity, the crime is punishable by life
imprisonment. During another court hearing,
she withdrew the confession, claiming that it had all been a

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dream, none of it was real. Then she told the police that
she was battling a ghost and hadto defend herself from being
stabbed. Dabia Binkered also made the
statement that it would be impossible for me to kill a
child. The Attorney General reported
there were minimum of 38 wounds inflicted on 12 year old Lola

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Davia's body. Her rib cage had been perforated
by at least two stabbings made from a pair of scissors and her
skull had been partially split. The young girl entered
unimaginable terror, suffering and pain before she died.
Strangely, it was also revealed that there were post it notes

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that have been written in red ink placed on the soles of the
girl's feet. On them were the numbers 0 and
one. The investigation had taken an
even darker and more mysterious turn.
There is no known reason as to why Debia Benki Red wrote these
numbers. In numerology, 0 means nothing

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and everything. The great void 1 symbolizes
unity, the beginning, the sourceof all existence.
Together they symbolize infinitepotential.
It could also hypothetically represent binary code where one
means something is receiving electricity, or it is on and 0

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means that it is not, it is off.The investigation failed to ever
unearth, nor did the suspect ever tell why she wrote these
numbers on her victim's feet, but I doubt it was for no
purpose. At least at the time of the
murder, these numbers held significance.

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Investigators quickly learned that Diabiya Binky Red was an
illegal foreign national. She initially came to France in
2016 legally on a student resident permit, but something
went off in her life along the way.
In 2018, she was the victim of adomestic violence incident in

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which the details are unknown. Dabia Binky Red never finished
school. She was unemployed and found
herself living on the streets, often prostituting her body.
In August 2022, only two months before this tragedy occurred,
the woman was stopped at an airport in Paris with expired
student papers. Since the woman did not have a

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criminal record, she was not detained.
Instead, Yeah Being Curated was given a 30 day notice to leave
France, but she ignored the request.
Unfortunately, the OQTF order, also known as an Obligation to
Leave French Territory order, failed to meet its purpose.
It is a voluntary order to leavethe country within 30 days.

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However, they are notorious for not being followed up on, with
only one in 10 being observed. What made the circumstances even
more alarming is that Dabiya Binkered was an Algerian
national and they are at the topof the foreigners known for
abusing the system in France. When news of this child

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murderer's immigration status was released to the public, the
community was outraged by the failure of the system.
Many members of the Republican Party and other ultra
conservative groups looked to blame the liberal LAX
immigration policies for causingLola Davies death.

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It was the fuel the far right could only have dreamed of that
proved that illegal immigrants were dangerous to the citizens
of France and must be handled more harshly.
The response to Dabia binquered nationality, lit a fire of
ethnic centered bias and invokedA hatred towards Algerians.

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Eric Zumor, a far right party minister, bought up online
domain names with the victim Lolas name to control the
narrative. Others attempted to connect her
murder to various actions on thepart of President Macron,
including tributes made to that year's Bayonne Dior winner,
which is an annual football award.

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Kareem Benzema, who happened to be of Algerian descent.
Some extreme far right groups even tried to make correlation
between the young girl's death and Algerian protesters who were
killed by French police during the same week Lola was killed in
1961. They raided social media,
placing full blame upon the chaotic and loose illegal

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immigration policies and procedures established under
President Macron that led to thegirl's murder on ex.
Jordan Bardella, president of France's far right National
Rally party, wrote that the suspect had no business being of
France for a right proponent. Eric Zumor wrote how Lola's
murder should never have crossedher path.

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The Resemblament Nationale and other far right organizations
used social media to arouse anger and spark demonstrations
for all victims of crime in Lola's name across the country,
using the hashtags Manuf por Lola and Justice por Lola.
During protest, crowds of hundreds sing a rendition of the
national anthem of France, shouting remigration, death,

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pedophiles and this is our Home.The people demanded change and
justice, not just for Lola, but for everyone impacted by
violence in the National Assembly.
Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne called upon the ministers who
wanted to address the murder to have a little decency and
respect for the pain of the family.
One minister in particular declared that the suspect of

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this barbaric act should not have been in French territory.
It is difficult to argue that this was true.
Justice Minister Eric DuPont Moretti accused the right of
using the coffin of a 12 year old girl to further their
political agenda. Interior Minister Gerald Armani
also condemned the indecent behavior of these politicians

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who were using this tragic storyof a girl's murder for their
electoral campaigns. What both sides agreed upon was
to allow a moment of silence forthe slain young girl.
While these parents were grieving and dealing with the
most unimaginable pain and sorrow over the tragic loss of

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their daughter, they also had todeal with the onset of questions
surrounding foreign nationals. Lola's parents were revolted by
how politicians were trying to exploit their daughter's death
to prove their stance on tougherimmigration policies.
They wanted nothing to do with the issue.

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Lowe's parents begged for the end of the politicization of
their daughter's death. They asked that politicians stop
any use of the name and image ofour child for political ends.
President Emmanuel Macron described the crime as atrocious
and invited the family to the Alessi Palace.
There he offered his deepest condolences and told them he

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would do everything in his powerto unite the opposing sides and
support their family in this time of pain and grief.
President Macron, who was at thecenter of the right and far
rights blaming of illegal immigration policies for Lola
Davia's death, told the press that her parents have asked that
all sides show their support. Instead of increasing the pain

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they are experiencing, the medialash back at politicians shaming
them for exploiting a child's death to reignite their anti
immigration beliefs. Although President Macron
strongly discouraged the use of Lola's death within political
arenas in late 20/22, he came forward with concerns of his own
based on crime data. He stated that, and I quote, if

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we look at crime in Paris today,we cannot fail to see that at
least half of the crime comes from people who are foreigners,
either illegal immigrants or those waiting for a president's
permit. In any case, they're in a very
delicate situation, often comingin through these illegal
immigration channels. The officer of the Interior

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Minister further supported this claim.
According to their crime statistics in Paris, foreigners,
both those who were residents and those of illegal immigration
status, comprised 48% of arrestsand those held in custody within
the first six months of that year.
Their purpose was to illustrate their over representation in all

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areas of crime. However, what was not addressed
was the nationality of the majority of the victims.
Although many illegal immigrantshave indeed committed crimes in
France, most of them have been committed against their own
people and not against French nationals.
According to crime statistics onhomicide in France, specifically

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in Paris, the majority of murders that occur are intra
racial, meaning they're within the same race, similar to crime
data in many other nations, in particular United States.
Most of violent crimes, including homicide, are
committed against others of the same race or ethnic background
as the perpetrator. France had experienced this kind

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of dangerous rhetoric and political jargon before.
In 1973, in Marseille, a bus driver was murdered by a
mentally ill man who was of Algerian origin.
The hatred which rose from several articles triggered the
murder of 20 innocent Algerians in the United States.
We have also seen this kind of hate speech and profiling of

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racist and ethnic groups result in similar acts of hate crimes
and violence. The fact remains that the
murderer was under an expulsion order from France that was never
enforced. If they had to aborted Dabia
Binkyred, Lola Davia would not have been held captive, raped,

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tortured and brutally murdered. These are facts that can't be
denied. However, there is no connection
between her being Algerian and the vileness of her actions.
The crimes of Dabiya bin Kirid have nothing to do with Lola's
nationality or her own. According to Lola Dabiya's
family, if their daughter's murder is to bring to light any

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social or political issue, then it is one of criminal
responsibility, including harsher punishment.
The impact Lola Dabiya's death how on the people of France far
surpassed being shocked and horrified by what had been done
to this innocent, beautiful child.
It enraged the community. Discussions regarding the

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protection of children, violenceagainst minors and the justice
system's response to the most vile of crimes resurfaced, and
many were justifiably angry and fed up with the lack of severe
punishment. At the entrance of the multi
story apartment complex where the little girl lived and died

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lay rows and rows of hundreds ofbouquets, candles, letters and
notes for the innocent victim. A book of grievances was set up
in the town hall of the 19th Erdosumund for members of the
community to share the condolences.
On October 24th, 2022, Lola Daviere's funeral service was

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held in the Collegiate Church ofLe Lers Pas de Calais, her
mother's hometown. The funeral service was open to
all, but the family requested that it stay peaceful and not
have any sign of political conflict or mediate disruption.
During the memorial, her brotherspoke the following, choking on

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his tears. Loha, my adorable little sister.
I hope you can hear me in heaven.
Sadly, you left us too soon. I never had a chance to say how
much I loved you. I hope I was there for you when
you needed help. We're going to miss you, Lola.
Davie's family was shattered by her horrific murder.

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They had lived a simple, modest life, but they were a very happy
and loving family. After they lost little Lola,
they decided to move away from Paris.
The tragedy of losing their young daughter, especially in
such a violent and deplorable manner, destroyed her family,
but they hung into hope that oneday justice would prevail.

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Tragically, Lola's father Johan couldn't hold on any longer.
When he lost his little girl, hedrowned in his demons.
He would drink from the moment he woke up to when he went to
bed each night. Within a few years, Lola's
father had killed himself with alcohol.
He died in February of 2024 at the age of 49 years old.

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Before his death, Johan Davie left a heartbreaking note on the
door of the apartment where his daughter was brutally tortured
and killed. And said, and I quote, my
darling, I still don't understand why there was so much
cruelty and barbarity towards you, you who were so kind.

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I can't wait to see you again. That note was signed.
You're dead. Who loves you for life?
Not only was Lola's mother, Delphine haunted by the tragic,
horrible loss of her only daughter, but now she had lost
her husband too. The senseless attack on Lola
Daviay have ripped away too innocent, beautiful souls.

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Meanwhile, the focus of the investigation now centered
around whether the woman who hadcommitted these heinous, brutal
acts of rape, torture and murderhave been suffering from a
psychiatric disorder at the timeof the offence.
Only time an expert psychiatric evaluations could determine
whether or not she was criminally responsible under

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French law. Since the early 19th century,
criminal responsibility has beenthe foundation of criminal law
in France. There are three categories of
criminal responsibility. The first category is a lack of
criminal responsibility. This stems from a person who was
suffering from a psychic or neuropsychic disorder at the
time of the offense which abolish their ability to control

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their actions. The second is diminished
criminal responsibility. This category is designated for
individuals who psychiatric or neuropsychiatric disorder
impaired their ability to control their actions. 1/3 is a
full criminal responsibility, which indicates full awareness
and the ability to control theiractions.

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To determine the appropriate level of criminal
responsibility, a judge or the court may recommend one or more
expert psychiatrist. If an expert's assessment
concludes that the individual lacked criminal responsibility
as defined under the statute, a judge can declare the person as
not being criminally responsibleand therefore is not subject to

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incarceration. However, the judge can impose
certain measures or precautions.These can include prohibiting
access to the victim or their family or placing restrictions
on where they live and where they can travel.
In the majority of cases, a judge will impose an order of
involuntary hospitalization in apsychiatric hospital.
However, if the individual is considered to be a threat to

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other safety maximum security psychiatric unit, they may be
placed in ten such units in France are monitored and
operated by the Public Health division.
Although it was determined that Debia Binkirid suffered from
personality disorders, the accused was evaluated by three
different psychiatrists. They all concluded that her

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judgement was not impaired due to a mental illness at the time
of the offense and that she didn't have a treatable
condition. The psychiatrist and
psychologist all believed Diabeabeing carried had psychopathic
tendencies that were incurable. She was described as not being
schizophrenic, but a person who exhibited A schizotypal

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personality without being entirely delusional.
Psychiatrists and psychologists both said that she showed cold
or flat effect, abnormal thoughts and statements that
were detached from reality. Debia being cared also conveyed
no remorse or regret over her actions for three long years.

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Lola Davies killer was examined by multiple psychiatrists and
psychologists while she was heldin prison.
It was believed by many during this lapse in time that she
would be declared mentally unfitto stand trial and never face
any real form of punishment. Dabia being carried would likely
be diagnosed with a severe mental illness and be sent to a

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psychiatric facility for the criminally insane instead of
being incarcerated. Then in 2025, almost three years
to the date in which she had viciously tortured and murdered
this beautiful little girl, Dabia Ben Cured would face what
she had done. The psychiatrist did not believe

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her to be mentally ill, althoughshe exhibited many signs of
psychopathy. Dabia Ben Cured finally admitted
to everything she had done to Lola Davier and was declared
competent to stand trial. Once Debia Bing Heard was deemed
competent to stand trial, the prosecutor's office asked for
the case, to which the judge agreed.

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Even when a defendant pleads guilty to the charges, under
French law, a full trial is still required to be held in
front of the court. To Assis, the court that hears
the most extreme of crimes, it is not merely a matter of guilt,
which is determined during the trial, but both sides present
evidence and aggravating and mitigating circumstances to

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convey both motive and intent. Meanwhile, the death of Lola
Davier continued to create majorcontroversy in conflict between
the political parties and division amongst women.
Alice Cordier, founder of the group Nemesis, stood in front of
the Parisian Criminal Courthousewhen the trial began to, in a
quote denounced the dangerous impact of mass immigration on

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Western women so that this subject becomes a public debate.
She attacked feminists, claimingthat since most are associated
with left wing politics, they are more concerned about the
welfare of the accused who had allegedly been a victim of
trauma and rape, then they are there to support Lola and her
family. There is no evidence to support

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this allegation she made againstindividual feminists or
feminists based organizations inFrance.
Rather, all it did was create more conflict and division
amongst the people. On Friday October 17th, 2025,
almost three years to the day that 12 year old Lola Devier had
been viciously raped, tortured and murdered, her sadistic

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perpetrator would finally face the scales of justice.
Lola's family and their supporters arrived to the
courthouse, adorned and matchingwhite T-shirts.
Then now infamous portrait of the young girl smiling on them
were written the words You'll bethe son of our lives and the
star of our nights. Before the trial began, Lola's

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brother Timo was granted a moment to directly address his
sister's killer. The young man bravely looked at
Debia, binquered and said to her.
We would like you to tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth to all of France and to us.
The reasons why Debbie had been killed, decided to rape, torture

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and mercilessly kill this innocent young girl were never
revealed. Her story kept changing during
the police's interrogation of her and throughout her trial.
First she claimed that she wanted vengeance upon Lola's
mother, who refused to give her a building pass since she wasn't
a resident. Then she said she had gotten

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into a huge argument with her ex-boyfriend that day.
When she saw Lola so vulnerable,she saw what was the perfect
target to release. Her rage toward Debbie had been
Keratol de Court that it wasn't little Lola she wanted to hurt
that day, it was him. She loved him so much, but he

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had insulted her and told her hewould never be the father of her
child. She felt full of revenge and
hatred. When she crossed the path of
Lola, Debia Binkered said that he had a gun and she had planned
to shoot him with it, but wasn'tplanning on killing him.
It was only 15 minutes after shehad this heated altercation with

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her former lover that Debia spotted Lola returning from
school. She claimed that she didn't
initially plan on harming Lola Davya, but once she had
convinced the young girl to helpcarry the suitcases upstairs to
her sister's apartment, she decided she was going to hurt
her. Then on the second day of the

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trial, Debya being carried storyas to why she tortured and
killed the girl changed now she blamed it on a combination of
drugs she was on. Debia being carried have been
taking medication for anxiety, another for epilepsy and Lyrica
which is used to treat neuropathic pain.
Debia being carried alleged thatshe was using the drugs to deal

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with the psychological pain she was suffering from selling her
body in the streets of Paris. She said that she had taken 3 of
the tablets the day before she attacked Lola and she fell into
a dark violent state. When the judge inquired as to
why she had never shared this information before now, the
accused stated I know I killed ababy, an Angel, she must be in

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heaven by now. When Debia being cured was asked
if the drugs is what drove her to rape and murder Lola, she
said yes, it was the drugs, she just wasn't herself that day.
Then on the third day, the deranged young woman once again
changed her story. Now the sequence of evil events
that unfolded was because she was bewitched by her former

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boyfriend. Debya Binkaran alleged that a
man in his 30s known as Fatah A,who was currently in prison and
was on screen from his cell during the trial, had placed a
spell of witchcraft on her. It was the evil spell that had
LED her to rape, torture and murder the 12 year old girl.

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The courtroom will listen to thedark and dramatic and totally
unbelievable tale the sick womanspun.
She told the judges that it was Fatah that had led me to do it
and that she had no idea what she was doing.
Dabia Benkara claimed that when she was with him, he made her
drink something that caused her to have hallucinations.

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Ever since then, she had viewed the world as upside down.
She even described how he had taken her to a cemetery where he
had buried children he had killed.
And yet the accused provided no other information regarding this
bizarre and shocking story. When her former boyfriend Fatah
was asked about these allegations, he said.

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I am baffled by what I just heard.
I'm a stranger to all this, he testified to the court.
I had the impression that she was a little possessed.
I had the impression that she was talking to people, that she
saw me as someone else. Fatah clarified that he was in
prison for divorce related offenses, but that he didn't

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want Debia around his young son because of her immoral and
unpredictable behavior he described to the courtroom.
Hell, on a trip to the mall one day she stole some candy and
this infuriated him because he wanted his son to be taught not
to steal. Dabiya Binkered was void of any
emotion and she matter of factlyexplained to the court how she

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took all of her hatred and rage out on the poor girl.
She didn't want to kill her, butshe wanted to hurt someone and
knew that either way, Lola was going to die that day.
Dabiya Binkered told the courtroom.
I took revenge on the little girl.
She was a weaker person than me.I didn't choose her.
It came suddenly. Since I had raped her, I might

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as well kill her. In shock and disgust, Loa
Devier's family in the courtroomhad to listen to this woman
speak about how while Lola was suffocating on her own blood,
she turned up the music loud andsmoked a cigarette while the
young girl's body shook and jolted, fighting for its last

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breath. During the trial, the courtroom
filled with Lola Davie's loved ones was further traumatized by
the graphic horrible images shown of her multiple injuries,
including those inflicted upon her genitals.
Several family members could nottake any more and walked out of
the courtroom, but her mother Delphine and brother Tebow

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remained there watching and listening to every horrific
moment their daughter and sistersuffered at the hands of what
they called the Devil Monster Woman.
They refused to turn their headsaway or cover their ears.
They were determined to receive justice for their Lola.

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When the horrific and disturbingimages of Lola Devier's injuries
were displayed on screen in court, her murderer stared at
the screen without any sign of emotion.
At the trial, Delphine describedher late daughter as her mini
me. She was a very social, loving,
happy go lucky young girl, naive, always ready to help

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others. Her propensity for being a
sweet, friendly, trusting littlegirl became her death sentence.
Pictures of Lola Davier as a vibrant, lovely little girl
enjoying her life were projectedon the courtroom wall.
Delphine testified in the courtroom how she had always

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taught her children about being wary of strangers.
Delphine stated how she used to tell them and I quote, if you're
attacked, don't hesitate to scream, there will always be
someone who will hear you. Then her daughter encounter what
she described as this devil monster.
I couldn't save my Lola. My heart is forever broken, she

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told the courtroom. Delphine stressed to the judges
how she not only lost Lola because of Debia being carried.
She lost her husband, her job, her home, everything was gone
except for her son, which is theonly reason she's still
breathing. She looked at the devil monster

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Debia been carried and said thisthing won't take away the love
and our family. Lola's grief stricken mother
pleaded with the court to not spare the accused any
punishment. She deserves to be locked away
forever. In a heart wrenching moment
during the trial, Lola's mother asked her forensic pathologist

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whether her daughter had suffered at the end, stating how
she had been plagued haunted by the question over the last three
years. The expert told the mother the
truth about asphyxiation and howit has three aspects.
There are the physical, psychological and emotional
effects. Because the ACT induces extreme
anxiety in the victim, Being unable to get oxygen to breathe

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is an intense and serious sourceof anxiety.
The pathologist could not lie about the degree of how much her
young daughter had suffered. Mitigating circumstances
surrounding the accused backgrounds were presented by
the defense of trial. Debia being carried had a
volatile, unhappy childhood. She had spent her years in both
Algeria and France with cold, unaffectionate aunts and an

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abusive father. There had been a documented
report of a domestic violent incident with a past boyfriend,
a history of mental illness and the claim she had made
previously to the police about being a victim of rape.
But three psychiatric experts said they had noted psychopathic
tendencies in the accused and they did not believe she

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suffered from any mental health condition that could be cured.
A court psychiatrist who evaluated the accused testified
as to how unsettled and frustrated she felt and not
being able to find a diagnosis or reason for the horrific acts
W being cured had committed. The psychiatrist, Corrine Jean,

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told the court in a quote. In 15 years of expertise, this
is the first time I felt this way.
I found myself faced with a paralysis of my thoughts, a
feeling of unease that catches in the throat.
The doctor also shared with the courtroom how the accused was
very interested in the media coverage surrounding the murder.

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This invested interest by the accused further supported the
belief that Debia being carried had strong psychopathic
tendencies. When she was asked to respond to
the psychiatrist evaluation of her, she stated UN quote.
I realized that I was talking nonsense to them.
Her voice was strangely high pitched and barely audible when

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she replied. According to the Attorney
General, Debia being carried wasnot simply out for revenge and
targeted the young girl in a moment of rage.
She was a predator who lured andtrapped the girl to satisfy her
own sexual pleasures. The prosecutor argued that the
sentence must represent the depravity of the crime.

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The cruelty, the barbarity and the severe suffering inflicted
on both the victim and her family must be reflected in the
defendants punishment. Before she pled guilty to all
charges and the judges sentencedher, she expressed remorse and
apologized to Lola's family for her horrible actions.
Debbie have been carried stated I asked for forgiveness and what

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I did is horrible. That is all I have to say.
Her words felt choreographed, shallow and meaningless.
Outside the courtroom, hundreds of residents called for the
death of Debbie Have been carried.
But for the citizens of France, justice would prevail even if
death was not an option under the current law.
While the verdict was being read, the presenting judge

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addressed the extreme cruelty ofthe criminal acts, which he
called true torture and total dehumanization.
In a moment that stunned all of France and much of the world,
the judges handed down a life sentence.
The sentence is what is referredto as an irreducible life
sentence. This means that there is no

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possibility of parole or reduction in sentence.
In France, a life sentence without parole specifically
means that there is no chance ofparole before serving a minimum
of 30 years. After 30 years, a convicted
offender may ask a judge to review the ban on their
possibility of parole. Since Debbie had been carried

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had been incarcerated for three years before her trial, this
means she will have to serve 27 years before being able to
request a review. This penalty may not sound
severe enough to listeners in the United States and other
countries who currently work under a crime control model of
justice. However, in France, this is the
longest sentence permitted underthe law.

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It is extremely uncommon and is usually only granted to mass
murder, such as terrorists and serial killers.
Capital punishment has been abolished in France since 1981.
The maximum sentence of life imprisonment without parole,
also known as perpetuate incompressible, was established

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in 1994 in response to some of the most brutal and shocking
murders France had experienced in decades.
It was designed to make prison atruly only about a dozen men,
mainly serial killers and terrorists, had received the
punishment. Michelle Fournier, also known as
the Ogre of the Ardens, was convicted of killing twelve

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women. And Jahidas Salah Abdesalem, one
of the terrorists behind the 2015 attack in Paris, which took
the lives of 130 people, are twoexamples of the individuals who
have received this sentence. 27 year old Debia bin Cured was the
first woman in France to have been given a life sentence.

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This verdict was unprecedented and made a loud, bold statement
to the people of France and the world that anyone who commenced
A sadistic, brutal murder, especially against a child, will
face the most serious of consequences, no matter the
gender of the offender. After she was sentenced to the

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most severe punishment under French law, Lola Davi's brother
Tebow expressed great gratitude to the justice system, stating
his family is happy with the outcome and how the system has
restored the memory of his sister.
It has restored the truth. Lola's mother told the media

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that this was the case. Even if it won't give us back
our Lola, we believed in justice.
And justice was received. Lola's mother, Delphine and her
brother Tebow were seen embracing and crying together
after the historical verdict wasread.
They could finally breathe a little.
Justice had come at last for their little Lola, and it was a

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step toward healing. The lure for the family, called
Tilt Lupetit, spoke of how it fixed a wrong, a wrong that had
been waiting over three years tobe reversed.
Alexander Volla, the lawyer for the now convicted Dabia
Binkered, stated that he was notat all surprised by the sentence
and that his client had not decided whether or not she would

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appeal. It was difficult for anyone to
deny that justice was not met once this historical verdict was
delivered. However, for the National Rally
Party, being given a life sentence for such a barbaric
crime, but still not enough. The subsequent deportation of
violent foreign criminals must come after incarceration.

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I would presume that if or when Debia been carried is granted
parole, which would be shocking if she ever were, she will be
deported back to her native country of Algeria.
The country had waited for threeyears for justice to finally be
given to Lola Davia. She had become the stolen child

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of all of France, despite her parents ongoing request to not
have their daughter's murder become political.
Her death had ignited a debate around the due diligence of
deportations and the threat of foreign nationals.
Lola Devier had become a symbol of justice reform, particularly
in the area of protecting children, and also brought out

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more of an emphasis being placedon mental health support as well
as the reform of migration laws.I would like to 1st discuss this
case through the framework of the French legal system.
It is vastly different from the United States and Britain and
understanding these differences is critical to the way the case
was handled, from the investigation to the sentencing.

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The justice system in France is a civil law system. the United
States and Britain are both based on a system of common law
which relies heavily on and builds upon its prior case
decisions. In contrast, France places a
heavier reliance upon its statutes and applies relevant
codes and regulations to the Actand its parties.

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Each case is decided as an individual separate case from
the next, with little to no reference to past court
decisions. French law is divided into two
areas of legislation, draw public or public law, which
governs state and public bodies,and draw privet or private law

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which governs private individuals and entities.
The private law is further broken down into two sections.
The first is draw civil and the second is draw Pannell, which
governs criminal law. Similar to the United States,
The highest importance is placedupon the rules set forth by the
Constitution of France. The courts in France are split
into administrative courts and judicial courts, with the letter

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handling all matters of civil and criminal law.
The highest judicial court is the Supreme Court of Appeals,
also known as Court de Sicion. A unique aspect of French law is
the Constitutional Council, alsoknown as the Concierge
Constitutional. This is the third branch that
overseas statutes before they become law national elections

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and address questions posed by citizens surrounding the
legality of laws. This court includes 9 appointed
members who are nominated by thePresident and confirmed by
Presidents of the two Houses of Parliament, the National
Assembly and the Senate. The first version of the French
Constitution was the Declarationof the Rights of Man and its
Citizens, established on August 26th, 1789.

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Charles de Gaulle founded the Council on October 4th.
T58 man who is most famously associated with a massive
International Airport outside Paris.
There are three criminal courts established in France that
handle varying levels of seriousness.
The Tribunal of Police is composed of a single judge who
determines cases of a minor nature, with potential fines not

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exceeding more than €3000 and with no time in prison.
The second level of crimes is determined by the Correctional
Tribunal, which is made-up of three judges.
These judges handle more seriousoffenses, which are classified
as dilits under the Penal Code of France.
Such crimes face penalties of upto 10 years in prison.

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The accusations within the 1st 2criminal courts are presented by
a prosecutor. The most serious of crimes are
judged by the court the asses, which is composed of three
professional judges and 9 jurorsin which they all deliberate
together. It is not required that all
jurors and judges come to a unanimous decision.
Rather the decision must be madebased on a minimum of eight

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votes. If a decision of a high crime is
appealed, the jury in the Appellate Assis Court increases
to 15, including three judges and 12 citizen jurors, with a
majority of 10 needed to convict.
I find it interesting how a juryis involved in appellate cases
when only judges hear appellate cases in the United States.

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Also interestingly, there is no official transcript of the
trial. The court clerk writes notes,
but they are often done by hand during the proceeding which
becomes part of the records, butthere is no complete word for
Word documentation of the event.This is strange to me, but I
think because their case decisions are not based upon

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past court cases, maybe they don't see the purpose in keeping
an official transcript of each case.
Still, it seems as if there would be significance in having
more official records when an individual is held in custody.
This is called guarde avoux. Under French law, anyone
arrested is read and given notice of rights that are very

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similar to Miranda rights in theUnited States.
However, a defendant who invokesthe right to remain silent is
very rare in France, since remaining silent when the person
is capable of explaining their circumstances is a strong
indication of guilt. A person can be held for an
initial 24 hours for investigative purposes.

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If it is deemed necessary for the investigation to go longer,
the person can be held for an additional 24 hours under
written authorization of the district prosecutor.
For incidents of a more serious nature, such as drug trafficking
or organized crime, this period can be further extended, with
suspects of terrorist activity being held up to 6 stays.

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However, only under written authorization by the Judge of
liberties and detention is this permitted.
Criminal investigations in France are split into two
general categories. Then, minor and simpler crimes
are handled by the police and the public prosecutor.
For more complex and serious offenses, these crimes are
handed over to an investigating magistrate.

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It is recorded that more than 90% of criminal cases proceed
with the police working along with the Public prosecutor to
investigate and are never handedover to the magistrate.
Investigating magistrates are located throughout the country
and under certain circumstances may collaborate as a team.
Once a preliminary investigationhas been performed by the Public

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prosecutor, the investigation magistrate is then given
authority to commence the investigation.
There are some circumstances where a third party with a
vested interest in the case may also file a complaint with the
magistrate. This tends to be the victim or
the victim's family, but it can also be a non governmental
organization. If their claim is approved, the

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status of the third party. This person or the group then
has access to the information and evidence which is gathered
throughout the investigation. Once they have become a formal
party to the investigation then they are parties to the trial
and any subsequent appeal. The scope of the investigation
under the magistrate is restricted to the facts and the
individuals who are listed in the order.

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Given by the public prosecutor, they ultimately determine
whether a violation of the law has occurred and who the
offender is. If the organization is shown to
have evidence which is significant and corroborated
that the individual or organization is criminally
responsible for the act, they are brought to appear before the
Magistrate. They are then informed that they

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have been placed under a formal investigation, also known as
Me's in examine. The investigation Magistrate has
a plethora of tools to use with or without the assistance of the
police, including what are knownas dawn raids on the suspects,
premises, wiretaps and of courseinterrogation.
Once an investigation has been finished, the investigation

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Magistrate formally acknowledgesits completion and the files are
then handed over to the Public Prosecutor.
Her reviews and submits observations in a formal
document. It includes their opinion as to
who, if anyone, should be charged and prosecuted in a
trial. This document is copied and
given to all parties of the investigation.
However, in stark contrast to the United States, the

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investigation magistrate has more authority over the
prosecutor since they can bind aparty over to trial whether the
prosecutor has recommended them to be or not.
All parties are allowed to submit their own observations
prior to a final decision being made.
Unique to the French legal system, neither prosecutors nor
judges are considered lawyers inFrance in the sense that they

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are not members of the local barand they generally have not
received professional training which is applicable to lawyers.
Most of the time. The outcome is one of two
decisions. The investigation magistrate
decides to dismiss the person inany associated charges or the
individual or organization is bound to trial.
There is 1/3 rare outcome and that is when the magistrate

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declares that they are without jurisdiction to determine the
direction of the case. The dismissal of a case can be
appealed by the public prosecutor.
Although the other parties can'ttypically appeal a decision,
they are able to be active in the process and intervene to
influence the investigation. This can include a formal
request for an expert or to search for evidence that could

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be exculpatory. Before an individual is given
the status of being under formalinvestigation, very little can
be done to influence the investigation or prepare a
defense. This is because it is very
difficult for the defense counsel to obtain any
information surrounding the investigation as they are not
allowed direct contact with any potential witness or counsel.

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Since this would be perceived asan attempt to influence their
testimony, this act would be considered a serious violation
and defense lawyers avoid makingcontact with witnesses in any
matter, so it is not considered an issue.
The investigating magistrate is unique to a legal system since
they don't investigate for one side.

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Rather, their role is to investigate and gather evidence
that could both be incriminatingand exculpatory, meaning that it
could lead to potential doubt regarding the guilt of the
suspect. Unlike a homicide investigating
in the United States, who searches for evidence to support
the prosecution of an offender, the investigating magistrate is
expected to uncover the truth behind what occurred.

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France does not have a legal term for homicide.
Instead it is divided into unintentional injuries versus
intentional attacks on another person.
Within the latter of the Criminal Code defines 2 types.
The 1st is the intentional causeof a persons death without
premeditation, which is defined as murder.
The second is premeditated murder or murder line and wait,

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which is defined as an assassination.
The intentional rate of death inFrance in 2023 was 1.3 per
100,000 residents, which is 1 ifnot the lowest in the European
Union. Female offenders are
exceptionally rare, with an estimation of their committing
murder being as low as 6 per 1,000,000 residents, Similar to

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studies performed in the United States and many other nations,
most homicides are committed by youth crime.
Data from 2016 to 2017 indicatedthat 320 women committed
homicide in Paris. 57% of the offenders were under 36 years
old. The majority of the incidents
occurred in highly populated areas, with 30% in the urban

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areas of Paris. Of these female offenders, 44%
were unemployed and 9% were identified as foreign.
There are 6 maximum security prisons and seven maximum
security sections within prisonsin France.
Many long sentences are carried out in detention centers or
sections designed for such. Since female prisoners are rare,

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most of their facilities are within a separate section of the
male prisons. In fact, only two out of the 59
criminal facilities are specifically designated to
females. In France, there are currently
480 individuals, which is .7% ofcriminals having a life sentence
in France. There are 75,897 people who are

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currently incarcerated in France.
Females comprise 3.3% of the prison population.
Between January 2023 and 2024, country did see an increase of
9.6% in its female prisoners. Of these female prisoners, 23.2%
were identified as foreign nationals.
What is it in? Arguably the most important and

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disturbing element of this case to discuss is the gender of the
offender and the prevalence of female sex based violence.
As mentioned while discussing the trial, the Attorney General
and prosecutor pointed out that the crimes committed by Dabiya
Benkurid we're not simply out ofrevenge or rage.
They were crimes committed by someone seeking to fulfill their

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own sick, perverse sexual fantasies or desires.
Dabiya Benkurid was a child predator, a vicious pedophile.
Our society, even with more and more cases every year that
involve women, has trouble grasping the concept of female
predators. The typical image of the
pedophile in people's minds still draws up a white older man

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who often works in the vicinity of children, such as a teacher
or sports coach. A violent predator of children
is the weird man who drives around in a windowless van.
A woman in her early 20s who by most standards of beauty would
have been deemed to be attractive and physically fit,
does not fit within the mold of a pedophile, nor a predator, and

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society's mind, Dabiya Ben Carried, was the opposite of a
criminal profile for either of these types of sexual offenders.
It's only been in recent years that the media and the legal
system have begun treating females who have inappropriate
and illegal sexual contact with their underage students as the

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criminals they are. What?
A man under the same circumstances would be labeled
as a rapist and a pedophile. Women have been painted as being
misunderstood, desperately lonely, and mentally ill.
The media has gone so far as to encourage the narrative of this
being a young boy's ultimate fantasy getting with the hot

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older teacher. This is not a new portrayal by
any means as it has been commonly depicted in all forms
of media. Fortunately, today female
educators who prey on young vulnerable males or females are
being cast in a different and more dangerous light than in
previous decades. The research done on female

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sexual predators yields very conflicting results depending on
what sources the data has come from.
Hence lies a big reason as to why they are not part of the
stranger danger equation or conversation most parents have.
But studies show their prevalence is much higher than
expected. One research study based on 232

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sexual offense arrests of women from 2001 in 21 U.S. states
discovered that of the women arrested for sexual offenses,
45% were Co offenders. Research on female Co offending
has revealed that some of them also engage in abuse on their
own before or after Co offendingwith a partner, typically male.

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A more recent study done in 2015that analyzed all sexual crime
incidents between 1992 and 2011 across 37 states showed that out
of the 800 and 2150 sex crimes that were reported, if .4% were
committed by females. Of the 43,018 incidents

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involving females, 38.1% were committed with a Co offender
with 85% of them being male. What was shocking to learn from
the study is that 61.9% of the cases that were committed by
women were committed by women alone, indicating that 2/3 of
all sexual offenses committed byfemales are done on their own

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without any force, coercion or abuse by a Co offender.
The belief that a female who commits sexual offenses is
almost always accompanied or forced by a male partner is a
lie. It is a myth that perpetuates
the idea that females are victims and they are innocent or
at least less culpable of the crime.

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A meta analysis based on 17 samples from 12 different
countries showed that sexual offenses committed by females
reported to police were approximately 2.2% of all
incidents. However, in shocking contrast,
victimization surveys revealed the prevalence of such offenses
to be as high as 11.6%, which isalmost 6 times higher than the

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official crime data. Males were much more likely to
self report that their offender was a female. 40% of males
reported they were molested or abused by a female versus only
4% of females who reported theiroffender was a woman.
Another unofficial source supported the disturbing truth
about female sexual offenders. Data from the National Society

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for the Prevention of Cruelty toChildren revealed that 5% of
girls and 44% of boys who reported abuse through the child
helpline claimed to have been abused by a female.
A meta analysis of female sexualoffenders in 12 countries
unearthed a similar alarming pattern.
Officially, reported crimes indicate that they account for

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around 2% of sexual offenders. However, when victimization data
was exclusively evaluated, 12% of all sexual offenders were
female. Much of this conflicting data
stems from the fact that many health professionals, as well as
law enforcement, don't perceive females as being sexual abusers

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or predators. Too often, their victims are not
believed. Other adults explain away the
actions of the female offenders,behavior that was misunderstood
or misread by the victim in someway.
This is particularly true when the offender is the victim's
relative, especially when it is their mothers.
Instead of being supported and given compassion, victims are

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told they must have misinterpreted how their mother
touched them. It was a figment of their
imagination or even a fantasy. When a female does sexually
offend, they are frequently portrayed as the Co offender of
a man who forced them to participate.
Or at least that is how they depict their role in the
offence. Or the woman must have been

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severely mentally ill to have committed such a sick act
against a child. Or even more dangerous is the
notion that when a female sexually offends, little to no
harm is done. All of these beliefs align with
the long held traditional view of female criminals.
Females who commit sexual homicide constitute

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approximately 5% of all known offenders.
Due to this very low rate of female sexual offenders being
arrested, much less charged and convicted of such offenses, it
remains a low prioritized area of study.
There is very little research that has been conducted on
female sexual offenders, much less female sexual murderers.

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Homicide arrests between 1976 and 2022 showed that females
accounted for 11.6% of offenders.
Of these homicide offenders, 6201 cases were defined as
sexual murders. An analysis of 158 single victim
cases revealed some interesting characteristics and patterns of

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female sexual murderers. The average age was 27.9, with
75.3% being between the ages of 18 and 39 years old.
Female sexual murderers targetedacquaintances in 42% of the
incidents and 33 point .9% were strangers. 76.6% of these

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homicides were committed in areas with higher populations.
Firearms were used in 63.9% of the murders.
For society to believe that girls and women are capable of
purposely and knowingly sexuallyharming children, including
committing violent acts that lead to their deaths, we must

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let go of ingrained perceptions and preconceptions surrounding
females. Not all females are kind,
nurturing, nor are they protective of children.
Not all females are trustworthy.Many females are just as
dangerous and predatory as malescan be.

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Females can target, manipulate, and harm children.
Females can be sexual offenders.Girls and women can be sick,
twisted, and depraved for the sheer reason of wanting to
inflict harm, control, and seek to fulfill their own vile sexual
pleasures just as boys and men can.

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The sooner societies acknowledgeand accept this fact, the less
likely an innocent child will fall prey to a sadistic female
predator like Debia Binkered. Thank you so much for listening
to the tragic, heartbreaking story of Francis Lola Davier.

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