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The French Nanny Who Was Tortured and Killed
Sophie Lionnet’s body was burned in the backyard of suburban London house.
In September 2017, in a close-knit neighborhood of Southfields, London, a concerned neighbor spotted her fellow neighbor having a bonfire in the backyard. It looked dangerous as the large bonfire was a bit too close to the patio, but most importantly, there was a horrible stench coming from it. One of the neighbors decided to take matters seriously and called the fire brigade.
When the firefighters arrived, they were too taken back by the stench but, everything else looked relatively normal.
A middle-aged man having a chicken barbeque in his backyard.
Thomas Hunt, one of the first firefighters on the scene, decided to put out the bonfire for safety reasons but soon noticed that there were human fingers and part of a nose among the charred remains. The man of the house, Ouissem Medouni, brushed it off as a carcass of a lamb.
In truth, it was the body of a beautiful, young French nanny, Sophie Lionnet.
