ATlex Carrimbacus, 25, withdrew his appeal after being cleared in November for the murder of Mireille Knoll in Paris in 2018 but sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for aggravated theft, Agence France-Presse learned on Thursday 30 December with his lawyer Me Karim Laouafi.
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 octogenarian’s membership of the Jewish community, and his vulnerability. linked to Parkinson’s disease.
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.
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He therefore finally decided to withdraw from his appeal. “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 to Agence France-Presse Mr.e Karim Laouafi.
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His co-accused, Yacine Mihoub, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 22-year safety sentence for having killed Mireille Knoll. For the two men, the court accepted the anti-Semitic character. Yacine Mihoub’s lawyer, Me Charles Consigny, told Agence France-Presse on Thursday that his client maintained his appeal.
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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 more than two hours in the apartment of Mireille Knoll, who had fled Paris to escape in 1942 at the Vel ‘d’Hiv roundup, which Yacine Mihoub had known since childhood since she lived in the same low-cost housing as her mother in eastern Paris. The firefighters then discovered the partially charred body of Mireille Knoll, lacerated by eleven stab wounds.
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