00:00En un histórico ruling, a París court sentenced 27-year-old Dabia Benqueret this Friday
00:07to life in a prison without the possibility of parole for the rape, the torture and the murder
00:14of 12-year-old Lola Davier in 2022, the first time such a sentence has ever been handed down
00:22to a woman in France.
00:24The case horrified the nation for its brutality and ignited a fierce political debate after
00:32it was revealed that Benqueret, born in Algeria, was undocumented and had been asked to leave
00:39the country just two months before the crime.
00:43Throughout the trial, Dabia Benqueret showed no emotion, just as the verdict was read, a
00:50chilling 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
01:00last year after relapsing back into alcoholism, lingered over the courtroom.
01:06Benqueret has now 10 days to appeal this decision.
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