Alex Carrimbacus, 25, withdrew his appeal after being exonerated in November for the murder of Mireille Knoll in Paris in 2018 but sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for aggravated theft, his lawyer, Me Karim Laouafi said on Thursday . From October 26 to November 10, he was tried in Paris at the same time as Yacine Mihoub, 32, for murder, theft and arson, with the aggravating circumstances of the vulnerability linked to Parkinson’s disease of Mireille Knoll, but also of the belonging of the octogenarian to the Jewish community, she who had fled Paris in 1942 to escape the Vel d’Hiv roundup.
The chronicles of the Mireille Knoll trial
Alex Carrimbacus was sentenced on November 10 by the Paris Assize Court to 15 years of criminal imprisonment with a security sentence of two thirds for aggravated theft due in particular to the fact that the theft had been preceded, accompanied or followed by violence. resulting in death. “The decision remains harsh for a person who has no blood on their hands, but our client wants to turn the page. We will continue to fight to obtain the adjustment of his sentence as quickly as possible “, declared Me Karim Laouafi.
Yacine Mihoub maintains his appeal
His co-accused, Yacine Mihoub, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 22-year prison sentence for having killed Mireille Knoll. For the two men, the court accepted the anti-Semitic character. Yacine Mihoub’s lawyer, Me Charles Consigny, affirms this Thursday that his client maintains his appeal. Yacine Mihoub and Alex Carrimbacus had met in prison. They had recently been free when they accidentally met again, shortly before March 23, 2018.
That day, both stayed a little over two hours in Mireille Knoll’s apartment, whom Yacine Mihoub had known since childhood since she lived in the same low-cost housing as her mother, in eastern Paris. The firefighters had discovered the partially charred body of the octogenarian, lacerated by eleven stab wounds.