France's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has instructed prosecutors to review some 70,000 outstanding child sexual abuse cases by 14 July, amid widespread backlash against the justice system's handling of the murder of a schoolgirl in recent weeks.
The 11-year-old schoolgirl, known in media reports as Lyhanna, went missing on 29 May in southwestern France and was discovered dead six days later. Amid an outpouring of grief, it emerged that authorities had failed to properly investigate her suspected killer, Jérôme Barella, over prior child sexual assault allegations.
