Man goes on trial in France for cold-case murder of schoolgirl | International

LILLE, France, Sept 22, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A man accused of murdering a schoolgirl in northern France over three decades ago goes on trial on Monday, in one of the country's oldest cold cases to reach court in recent years. The killing of 17-year-old Nadege Desnoix in 1994 in the Aisne region had for years remained unsolved until DNA evidence led to the arrest of Pascal Lafolie, now 58, in 2021. Lafolie faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted by the criminal court in the town of Laon. A verdict is expected on Wednesday. "It's a miracle that we have got this far," Arnaud Miel, a lawyer for the victim's mother, told AFP. In late May 1994, Desnoix's...