The father of a 12-year-old girl “died of grief” after his daughter was kidnapped, raped, tortured and then beheaded in France by a sadistic Algerian migrant, the girl’s mother told a court.
Lola Daviet’s body was found horrifically mutilated and partially decapitated in a suitcase after she was murdered in 2022 — in a case that shocked the nation and sparked protests over lax immigration enforcement.
Dhabia Benkired, 27, a prostitute who overstayed her visa in France, was convicted of the killing.
She was given a life sentence without the chance of parole on Friday — a first for a woman in the European nation.
Lola’s mother, Delphine Daviet, addressed the court last week, explaining that after years of sobriety, her husband began drinking the day their daughter’s body was found.
“He drank from morning to night” and “died of grief,” she said.
Johan Daviet died in February 2024 at age 49.
Benkired, an Algerian immigrant who overstayed her student visa, didn’t have a home and was working as a prostitute at the time of the murder, according to the Daily Mail.
During the trial, the court was shown photos of the young Lola’s tortured body, including injuries on her genitals and a large wound across her face.
Benkired lured the young girl into her sister’s apartment after school, the court was told. She forced Lola to undress, wash, and perform a sexual act, before torturing her.
Benkired stabbed the girl with scissors, and duct-taped her mouth, causing her to suffocate to death.
During the trial, her mother asked a forensic pathologist whether Lola suffered.
“She undoubtedly suffered,” was the response.
After torturing the young girl, Benkired stuffed her body into a black plastic suitcase, dragging it to a restaurant and back, before dumping it in the lobby of the apartment complex.
The body was found later that day by a homeless man who reported it to authorities.
The numbers ‘1’ and ‘0’ were mysteriously written on Lola’s feet, according to authorities who testified in court.
Delphine Daviet addressed her daughter’s killer as “this thing, this monster” on Wednesday, and asked the court: “Why did Lola follow her?”
Lawyers told the court they believe Benkired wanted revenge on Daviet’s parents after they refused to give her a key to the Paris apartments where they were caretakers.
Benkired sometimes stayed with her sister in the complex.
Before his death, Lola’s father wrote a letter that he hung on the door of Benkired’s apartment.
“My darling, I still don’t understand why there was so much cruelty and barbarity towards you, you who were so kind,” read the letter.
Benkired asked the family for forgiveness
“I would like to ask the whole family for forgiveness. What I did was horrible and I regret it,” Benkired said in court, according to Le Parisien.
The horrific details of the case sparked protests across the country, with many calling on the government to tighten immigration restrictions, since Benkired was issued an order to leave France just two months before the murder.
“Lola lost her life because you didn’t expel this national,” said Republican Minister of Parliament Éric Pauget to the justice minister.
Lola’s mother and brother pushed for a Benkired’s life sentence, and were pleased with the outcome of the trial, according to the family’s lawyer.
“In determining the appropriate sentence, the court took into account the unspeakable psychological damage to the victim and her family in such violent and almost unspeakable circumstances,” said the judge after the sentencing.
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