The husband of Razia Askari, sentenced a week ago by the Assizes of Doubs to 30 years imprisonment for the savage murder of his wife, appealed, told AFP his lawyer, Me Randall Schwerdorffer.
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Rashid Askari, 41, "
is appealing his conviction because he considers the sentence to be far too severe,
" the council said, without further comment. On December 10, after three days of hearing, the Doubs Assize Court sentenced his client to 30 years of criminal imprisonment, a sentence in accordance with the requisitions. In particular, she accompanied the sentence with a two-thirds security period and a ban from French territory at the end of his imprisonment.
On October 30, 2018, Razia Askari, a 34-year-old Afghan woman, was returning to accommodation belonging to the Solidarité Femmes association in Besançon, where she had found refuge, when her husband had attacked her.
After following her, he stabbed her 19 times, cutting her throat, before leaving her in a pool of blood.
Rashid Askari was arrested three days later at Athens airport where he fled.
He had admitted having killed his wife but denied having premeditated his gesture.
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At the hearing last week, he minimized his responsibility, overwhelming the deceased young woman, her in-laws and the French state, to the chagrin of the couple's two sons who expected only one thing from him, "
Let him take responsibility for what he did to (their) mother
".
Originally from Afghanistan, Razia Askari and her children joined the accused in 2017 to settle in France.
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.