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French State and Justice Minister to be sued for 'gross negligence' over girl's rape

French State and Justice Minister to be sued for 'gross negligence' over girl's rape
France 24 Tuesday 09 June 2026, 11:28 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. French State and Justice Minister to be sued for 'gross negligence' over girl's rape France Issued on: Share France's justice minister Gerald Darmanin on June 8 refused to resign after outrage erupted over judicial lapses in the handling of the suspect in an 11-year-old girl's killing. He also ordered prosecutors to re-examine the 70,000 legal complaints under review across France for alleged crimes against children. The government is now looking towards measures to introduce to avoid any such tragedy to happen again. FRANCE 24's James André.
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