A woman branded a "monster" by her victim's family after she raped, tortured and murdered a schoolgirl stood emotionless in the stand as she became the first woman in French history to be sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Dahbia Benkired, a 27-year-old from Algeria, has been sentenced after she was found guilty of raping, torturing and murdering a schoolgirl. She confessed to killing 12-year-old Lola Divet, whose defiled corpse was found in the lobby of the building where she lived in Paris, France, in 2022. Benkired, who was described as a "monster devil" by her victim's family, had abducted the tween, raped her, and slashed her throat with scissors and a box cutter.

Dahbia was emotionless as the verdict was read out, while Delphine Daviet and Thibault Daviet – Lola’s mother a

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