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Victim’s Mother Seeks French Trial for Ex-Officer Accused in Portugal Killings

The push tests how two EU legal systems handle a cross-border killing case.

Overview

  • The family, through lawyer Fabien Arakélian, asked Monday for Cédric Prizzon to be transferred to France under a European arrest warrant.
  • Cédric Prizzon, a 42-year-old former French police officer, remains in pre-trial detention in Portugal after a March 25 roadside arrest in Guarda with his children.
  • Portuguese police confirmed autopsy findings that Audrey Cavalié, 40, and Angela Legobien, 26, died by asphyxiation after their bodies were found buried in the Bragança district.
  • The lawyer said Audrey Cavalié’s body was repatriated to France last Thursday, and French prosecutors in Montpellier have opened a judicial inquiry but have not commented on any arrest-warrant request.
  • The Union nationale des familles de féminicides called the case emblematic of institutional failings and urged rapid extradition, pressing Gérald Darmanin for clear steps to secure a swift handover.