Annecy, France (GenevaLunch) - The killer of a young man, Freddy, murdered near Geneva in September 2007 because his murderer suspected Freddy had stolen €450 from him, was sentenced 3 March to 30 years in prison. The crime drew massive regional media coverage at the time partly because of the gruesome business of finding the victim’s body, which had been chopped into pieces and thrown into or near the Arve river. Two fishermen were the first to find part of his body, the trunk.

Karim, the murderer who was 28 at the time, admitted to the crime. He was found guilty of murder and desecrating a corpse.

Freddy was in his early 20′s, a tile layer who had moved to Annemasse to work in Geneva.

Ed. note: under Swiss law the victim’s and criminal’s identities cannot usually be given by the media, to protect privacy, not can identifying images be shown. French law is not as restrictive and the Haute-Savoie newspaper Daupine Libéré (Fre) carries more information and a photo of the sentencing.

Background, GenevaLunch

Links to other sites: Tribune de Geneve (Fre), Daupine Libéré (Fre)

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