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'I HELD HER NECK AND SQUEEZED'

Drug-addled porn addict jailed for raping and strangling Brit, 80, at her home in France while overcome by ‘urge to kill’

Tragic Violet Price had moved to France in 2012 to be nearer to her expat son

A FRENCHMAN who raped, murdered and chopped up the body of a British pensioner has been caged for life.

French cops described Madi Mahaboudi's killing of Violet Price, 80, as "the most extraordinarily violent" they had ever seen.

 Violet Price, 80, was murdered in her own home during a brutal attack by Madi Mahaboudi
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Violet Price, 80, was murdered in her own home during a brutal attack by Madi Mahaboudi
 The Frenchman admitted the crime when police found his DNA on a mug at the 80-year-old's home in the Dordogne
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The Frenchman admitted the crime when police found his DNA on a mug at the 80-year-old's home in the Dordogne

He had strangled Price because of an "uncontrollable urge" when he visited the home where she lived with her husband - who has since died.

Drug and porn addict Mahaboudi arrived at the couple's home shortly after Price had first met him at a family dinner last April.

He claimed to be looking for his ex-girlfriend.

But the sinister meeting took a tragic turn when Mrs Price made him a cup of coffee.

He told the court: "The urge to kill her was stronger than me. I took hold of her neck and squeezed."

The sick 33-year-old later drove the pensioner's body away in the boot of his car.

At his home, he dismembered her body and placed the body parts inside plastic bags in a nearby forest.

Mahaboudi admitted his crime to police after they found his DNA on a coffee mug at Mrs Price's home.

A medical examiner told the court: "In 15 years of practice, I had never seen such a degree of bruising on the throat and neck.

A prosecutor added: "He's not someone who has any regret for what he has done."

 He was sentenced to life in prison in front of the tragic pensioner's friends and family
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He was sentenced to life in prison in front of the tragic pensioner's friends and familyCredit: Getty Images
 French police described it as one of the most violent crimes they had ever investigated
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French police described it as one of the most violent crimes they had ever investigatedCredit: AFP/Getty

Mahaboudi's defence lawyer told the court: "He's a boy who did not know how to develop as a man because he had a violent father who was imposing and very severe.

"He was also raped as a child by an acquaintance of his father."

He had previously been jailed for eight years in 2005 for unlawfully killing a woman.

The killer was the brother of the couple's French daughter-in-law.

The couple had moved from Northampton to the Dordogne in south west France in 2012 to be closer to their expat son Paul.

He told the court: "He has ruined the life of my family, and he has ruined his own family too."


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