Philippine Murder Suspect Faces Life Imprisonment
7th November 2024
from Switzerland and has been presented to the judge in charge of the case. Given his history of recidivism, he faces life imprisonment.
Taha Oualidat, a 22-year-old illegal immigrant from Morocco, is suspected of having raped and murdered a 19-year-old student, Philippine, in September in Paris. At the time of the incident, he was supposed to be serving a seven-year prison sentence for a rape committed in 2019 but had been released in June before the end of his sentence. He was under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF). After the murder, he sought refuge in Switzerland, where he was arrested a few days later. After initially refusing extradition to France, he was eventually expelled from Switzerland and welcomed by the French authorities.
Following his appearance before a French judge on Wednesday, November 6th, he was indicted for murder accompanied by rape, theft, and fraud. The indictment is considered a case of legal recidivism, since he had been sentenced by a juvenile court in 2021 for a rape committed in 2019.