https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A French housewife who killed eight of her children at birth which she claimed were from an incestuous relationship with her father, was handed a nine-year prison sentence on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150702/french-mum-on-trial-for-murdering-eight-children Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:15:22 +0200 french-mum-on-trial-for-murdering-eight-children Police in south-western France made a shocking discovery on Thursday when they found the bodies of five babies at a family home near the city of Bordeaux. It is not yet known if the babies were born alive. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150320/french-police-find-bodies-of-five-babies Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:15:37 +0100 french-police-find-bodies-of-five-babies A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle confessed on Sunday that he had killed his two young children by slitting their throats near the eastern French city of Lyon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130520/brit-admits-to-slaying-his-children-in-france Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:00 +0200 brit-admits-to-slaying-his-children-in-france A 32-year-old woman has admitted drowning two of her newborn babies, after their tiny corpses were found in a freezer at her home in eastern France, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. In a separate incident, the body of another baby was found buried in a planter near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130326/woman-held-after-babies-bodies-found-in-freezer Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:22:00 +0100 woman-held-after-babies-bodies-found-in-freezer A man suspected of having strangled his five-month-old son was found dead Tuesday having apparently hanged himself in the wake of France's third infanticide in as many weeks, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120821/man-accused-of-killing-baby-found-hanged Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:35:14 +0200 man-accused-of-killing-baby-found-hanged A French mother charged with killing eight of her newborns was released from prison Thursday under court supervision, according to a judicial source. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120803/woman-in-baby-killing-probe-is-released Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:27:48 +0200 woman-in-baby-killing-probe-is-released