French Court Sentences Man to 27 Years for Killing and Dismembering His Wife

A Paris court on Friday sentenced a 53-year-old man to 27 years in prison for murdering his wife and scattering her remains in a city park in 2023.

• The man confessed to strangling his wife, cutting up her body, and dumping the remains in Paris's Buttes-Chaumont park.
• Workers found a bag containing parts of the woman's body in the park; her head was discovered the following day.
• Official figures released in 2024 recorded 107 women killed by a partner or ex-partner in France, an 11% increase from the previous year.