Prosecutors seek 30 years for Frenchman accused of murdering ex-partner
Hindustan TimesA French prosecutor on Friday requested 30 years in jail for a man accused of stabbing his former partner to death in 2021 despite her repeatedly warning the authorities he was harassing her after years of abuse. Prosecutors seek 30 years for Frenchman accused of murdering ex-partner A court in the southwestern city of Bordeaux was expected to issue its verdict later on Friday in a case her family's lawyer has described as a predictable murder. In 2021, Sandra Pla several times reported her former partner as being abusive and harassing her, even writing a letter to President Emmanuel Macron to seek help. Compan said Pla's murder was a clear case of femicide the killing of a woman because of her gender, often by a partner or ex-partner and stressed the importance of fighting "against this plague". One of Falou's lawyers, Elena Badescu, however argued that her client had not killed Pla "because she was a woman" and that he was not possessive or jealous.
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