Thirty years of imprisonment were required this Friday, February 4 against a man tried at the assizes of Seine-Saint-Denis for the murder of his former companion, a 27-year-old medical student killed with a knife in Saint-Ouen in 2019.
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“
Mr. Abbas did not kill her because he loved her.
He killed her because he was losing his position
, ”said Advocate General Bertrand Macle who also requested the expulsion from French territory of the accused, in an irregular situation.
Rifat Abbas, a 34-year-old Sudanese who arrived in France in 2017, is accused of having killed the victim with twenty stab wounds at his home in September 2019.
"The savagery of a murderous act"
Very invested in helping migrants, it is through this that the young woman from Normandy had met the accused.
The couple had maintained a relationship, which she had ended a few months before the tragedy.
She continued to host her ex-companion, but had asked him, the evening of his death, to return the keys to her.
“
The meeting of two people separated by everything
” ended with “
the savagery of a murderous act
”, declared Bertrand Macle during his indictment.
Reconstructing the last moments of the intern at the Jean-Verdier de Bondy hospital and understanding what prompted the accused to take action was at the heart of the trial.
Rifat Abbas, with an "
immature
" personality according to the various parties, maintained a prostrate attitude during the four days of hearing.
During his interrogation on Thursday, he admitted having struck the first blow during an argument to "
silence
" the victim "
for fear
" that the cries would attract the police, without giving further explanations for his gesture.
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His lawyer, Me Chloé Arnoux, called on the court to judge his client on the basis of his "
miserable
" life and the trauma suffered during his chaotic migratory journey, notably through Libya where he was tortured.
Even animals, “
we don't kill them like that.
We kill them while respecting them
, ”lamented Wednesday at the bar the victim's farmer brother, a civil party alongside the family who came to the hearing with portraits of the young woman.
The verdict is expected Friday evening.
