French Couple Get Life in Jail for Murdering Nanny in London

French Couple Get Life in Jail for Murdering Nanny in London
Quissem Medouni and Sabrina Kouider are seen in an undated booking photograph handed out by the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom. Metropolitan Police handout via Reuters
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LONDON—A French couple were jailed for life on June 26 for murdering their young nanny and burning her body in their back garden in London after months of mistreatment, threats, and physical abuse that left her a virtual prisoner.

Sabrina Kouider, 35, and Ouissem Medouni, 40, were described at the Old Bailey court as having spun a web of lies to justify the torture and murder last year of Sophie Lionnet, 21, from Troyes in eastern France.