Bouchra B., Moroccan woman stabbed to death: Khalid F. explains himself in court

The trial of Khalid F., 54, prosecuted for the murder of his wife, Bouchra B., 26, whom he stabbed to death on November 26, 2021 in Épinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), opened Tuesday before the Bobigny Assize Court. The accused will be determined on his fate this Friday.

The family of Bouchra B., her three sisters and two brothers, were present at this first hearing of the trial of Khalid F., their former brother-in-law. The forty-year-old is accused of stabbing the 1.60 m victim to death. On the images projected on the four screens in the room, Bouchra’s loved ones relive the horror. One of the photos shows their younger sister’s back covered in wounds. These are “defense wounds, to protect oneself or to grab the weapon”, explained the pathologist who does not understand how the accused went about making these stab wounds in the victim’s back.