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France to try serial killer
23/12/2005 18:59 - (SA)
Brussels - Belgian justice minister Laurette Onkelinx approved the extradition on Friday of confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret to France, where he is to stand trial for the suspected murders of 19 people.
Fourniret's wife was already handed over to French police and taken into custody for arraignment.
The minister followed the advice of judicial authorities in approving the decision, said a justice ministry official. The actual extradition could be held until the Belgian Cour de Cassation high court hears a case related to Fourniret on January 4.
One court case
Fourniret is suspected of killing 19 people, mostly young women, in France and Belgium between the late 1980s and 1990s. He has admitted to some of the killings and has been formally charged with eight.
Justice officials said the two parallel investigations in France and Belgium would be merged and presented in one court case, which is expected to be held in the French city of Charleville-Mezieres.
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