A man has been handed a life sentence for the murder of an 85-year-old Jewish woman in Paris, in a case that sparked outcry over anti-semitism in France.
Mireille Knoll was stabbed 11 times and her body partially burned in the attack in her Paris apartment in March 2018.
Yacine Mihoub, 32, was sentenced on Wednesday in a Paris court to life imprisonment without parole for at least 22 years.
His co-accused, Alex Carrimbacus, was acquitted of murder, but was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with a two-thirds security term for aggravated robbery of the victim's home.
Mihoub's mother, Zoulikha Khellaf, was sentenced to three years in prison, including one year under electronic surveillance. She was found guilty of having destroyed objects and of
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