French Court Imposes 30-Year Sentence in High-Profile Femicide Case After Victim’s Repeated Warnings to Authorities
Bordeaux, France – A French court delivered a 30-year prison sentence to a man on Friday, for the grisly murder of his former partner, Sandra Pla, in an intensely watched trial that cast a harsh light on domestic violence and femicide in France. The 31-year-old victim was discovered brutally stabbed at her Bordeaux residence in July 2021, in an incident that has fuelled debates on the effectiveness of judiciary protections for abuse victims. The presiding …