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The parents and sister of Maëlys, an eight-year-old girl murdered in 2017, arrive at court in Grenoble, France for the final day in the trial of Nordahl Lelandais. Lelandais has already confessed to the killing and is scheduled to be sentenced later in the day. IMAGES
The parents of murdered French schoolgirl Maelys, Jennifer Cleyet-Marrel and Joachim De Araujo, arrive in court in the French city of Grenoble with their lawyers and the lawyer of convicted killer Nordahl Lelandais, Mr Jakubowicz. Former French soldier Lelandais is already imprisoned over the brutal beating death of a fellow serviceman. IMAGES
Nicolas Chafoulais, whose daughter Fiona was five years old when she died from injuries sustained in 2013, arrives at court in Lyon. The fourth trial of the girl's mother, Cécile Bourgeon and her ex-companion Berkane Makhlouf opens before the Rhône criminal court. Bourgeon and Makhlouf initially reported the child missing before admitting four months later they had killed her and buried the body. In 2016 Makhlouf was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the crime, the mother to five years. The child's body is still missing. IMAGES
The parents of murdered French au-pair Sophie Lionnet leave the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, after the opening day of the trial of a couple accused of their daughter's murder. Designer Sabrina Kouider, 34, and her partner Ouissem Medouni, 40, deny killing Lionnet, but have admitted perverting the course of justice by attempting to burn her body to dispose of it. IMAGES
French rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou leave Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires after being released from Mendoza prison on charges of rape against a woman. An Argentine court ruled September 3 that the two players, who have been detained for nearly two months, can leave the country. IMAGES
The trial of a French researcher accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law begins in Moscow amid simmering tensions with Paris over Ukraine. Laurent Vinatier, who worked on conflict mediation for a Swiss NGO and was arrested in June, appears in a glass cage for defendants at Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court as the trial opens. He faces up to five years in prison. IMAGES