Rashid Askari, 41, was sentenced Friday, December 10 to 30 years of criminal imprisonment by the Assize Court of Doubs for the assassination of his wife Razia, whom he had slaughtered in the middle of the street in Besançon in 2018, not supporting not that she leaves him.
The court, which followed the requisitions of the public prosecutor, attached the sentence to a safety period of two-thirds of the sentence, and pronounced the total withdrawal of his parental authority, as well as a ban from French territory to the outcome of his imprisonment.
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Rashid Askari "
did not accept this separation, it generated intolerable frustration for him,
" said Advocate General Etienne Manteaux before the jury.
"
He had a determined homicide plan, he was determined to kill her and return to a country where he could once again become a dominant man
," said the magistrate.
Tried for "
murder
" since Wednesday, the accused, 41, admitted having killed his wife, but he denied having premeditated his action.
He minimized his responsibility, overwhelming the deceased young woman, her in-laws and the French state, to the chagrin of his sons who expected only one thing from him, "
that he assume what he has. made to (their) mother
”.
Her husband was forbidden to approach her
On October 30, 2018, Razia Askari, a 34-year-old Afghan woman, was entering a home for the Solidarité Femmes association in Besançon, where she had found refuge with her children, when her husband attacked her. After following her, he stabbed her 19 times and slit her throat, before leaving her in a pool of blood. Rashid Askari was arrested three days later during his flight at Athens airport. "
She went shopping, her children have never seen her again,
" pleaded with emotion Me Céline Party, counsel to the couple's two sons, aged 12 and 15. Rashid Askari “
had to give them love, he took away what they had most precious. It's the worst trauma,
”according to the lawyer.
Originally from Afghanistan, Razia Askari, 34, and her children joined the accused in 2017 to settle in France.
But very quickly, she had filed seven complaints against her husband for willful violence on a spouse, aggravated violence, rape and repeated death threats.
After filing for divorce, in July 2018 she obtained a protection order issued by a family court judge, prohibiting her husband from approaching her.
