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He hopes to pass sentence next week.

Judge Alan Conrad KC said he will pass sentence on 4 August, but the defendant is facing a mandatory life sentence for murder.

After listening to submissions from both the prosecution and defence, the judge said he wanted time to reflect on what he heard and that he would pass sentence next week.

A judge will pass sentence next week.

The job of the judge and jury in Saint Omer, the small city in northern France where the trial takes place, is to figure out why Laurence killed Elise and to pass sentence on her.