Murderer of Jewish Holocaust Survivor in France Gets Life Sentence

PARIS—A 32-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 murder of an elderly Jewish Holocaust survivor, a crime that sparked questions over whether France was doing enough to address a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.

Yacine Mihoub was found guilty of stabbing 85-year-old Mireille Knoll to death in her home in the east of Paris before leaving her in the burning apartment, a Paris court said late Wednesday. A second man, Alex Carrimbacus, 25, was acquitted of murder charges but sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated theft.