Blois, France, Nov 2, 2026 (AFP) - Mother on trial in France over 1980s killing of four-year-old

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2026-11-02

A 72-year-old woman on Monday went on trial in France accused of torturing her four-year-old daughter to death in the 1980s, after a DNA match reopened the cold case. The main defendant, Halima El Bakhti, spent the entire day in court in the town of Blois trying to hide her face with a scarf. At lunchtime, when she left the courtroom, she was pursued by child rights activists crying "shame" and calling for justice. Her husband, Ahmed Touloub, a 7......

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