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French court sentences Chilean to life for murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend in 2016

A lower court sentenced the Chilean to 28 years in 2022, but France’s top court ordered a retrial in 2025. Grouped from 3 articles across 3 sources.

3 reports3 sourcesMar 26, 2026, 5:01 PM
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The Straits TimesMar 26, 2026, 5:01 PM

French court sentences Chilean to life for murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend in 2016

A lower court sentenced the Chilean to 28 years in 2022, but France’s top court ordered a retrial in 2025.

The GuardianMar 26, 2026, 4:22 PM

Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend has 42-year term increased to whole-life order

Shaine March killed Alana Odysseos in 2025, having been released on licence after killing a teenager in 2000 A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after being released from prison on licence must spend the rest of his life in jail, the court of appeal has ruled after finding that the original 42-year sentence was “too lenient”. Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when Shaine March, now 48, killed her at her home in Walthamstow, east London, in July last year. She died at the scene from 23 slash and stab wounds. Continue reading...

BBC NewsMar 26, 2026, 2:31 PM

French court hands Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan 18-year jail term for rape

Ramadan, a 63-year-old former Oxford professor, denied the charges but his lawyers said he was too ill to attend the trial.

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