Main suspect in the Philippine affair, Taha O., who is still in Switzerland where he was arrested, should finally soon be repatriated to France.
Accelerator in sight in the Philippine affair. Arrested in Switzerland last September, Taha O., who is accused of the murder of the young 19-year-old student found dead on September 21, 2024 in the Bois de Boulogne, not far from Paris Dauphine University where she was studying, finally made reverse. While the young Moroccan had initially refused his extradition from Switzerland to France, his lawyer revealed this Tuesday, October 29 that he could return to France in the next few days.
“My client has decided to accept extradition to be referred to French judges and to express his views on the case (…). The Swiss authorities will organize the transfer of the detainee from Switzerland to France,” declared on BFMTV his Swiss lawyer, Me Florence Yersin, adding that the deadline should be “a few days”. The lawyer also specified that her client had “made this decision after a discussion with [elle]”.
Taha O. “knew that he could have appealed for months”, thus avoiding him having to explain himself to French investigators. However, he decided “to move forward with the French procedure and not to delay it”, insisted the lawyer, who specified that the young man “seems to be clear and sure of his reasoning”. What about his defense? Does he want to confess? Or does he have some alibi that could clear him? Me Florence Yersin did not wish to reveal the defense that her client intends to adopt against French justice.