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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Dominique Pelicot may escape prosecution in separate murder case due to ‘loss of evidence’

Dominique Pelicot, the French man jailed last year for drugging and raping his wife, could avoid prosecution for a separate murder due to lost evidence, it has emerged.

Police officers are not able to find clothes found at the scene of the murder of 23-year-old estate agent Sophie Narme, who was raped and strangled in 1991, according to Paris Match. Pelicot has been accused of being behind the attack, but has consistently denied responsibility. 

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