A court in France sentenced a man to 18 years in prison on Friday for stabbing and then burning alive his 15-year-old girlfriend. ManilaBulletin READ:
The 2019 killing of the secondary school pupil, identified in court only as Shaina, revived outrage in France over the number of women who die at the hands of intimate partners.
Post-mortem forensic examination revealed "multiple wounds" inflicted by a knife, but also that Shaina was still breathing at the start of the fire.He had sought a tougher, 20 or 30-year sentence, but the court took the accused's status as a minor into consideration."18 years! That's justice in France," he shouted at the special juvenile court in Oise, and had a tense exchange with the accused before collapsing and being taken to hospital.
Shaina's murder was particularly shocking, not only because of her young age, but also because two years earlier she had been the victim of sexual assault, for which four other young people were given suspended sentences ranging from six months to two years in prison. Described by her mother as "funny and smiling", Shaina was probably in the early stages of pregnancy at the time of her murder, according to investigators.
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