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

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.

“If our criminal justice system and the courts that pass sentence on the crime committed … believe that person is safe enough to live in our community, to obtain employment to otherwise be an active member of our community, they should also be able to vote,” Kuderer said.

Judge Anthony Leonard QC said it was a "serious matter" and that he would pass sentence on 22 February.

A judge will pass sentence on Friday after hearing psychiatric reports.