When Jamila M'Barek was six years old, her mother fled with her and her six siblings to Nabeul, Tunisia, in order to escape from their abusive father.
14 Facts About Jamila M'Barek
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At the age of 17, Jamila M'Barek moved to Saint-Tropez where she married her first husband, Dutch businessman Raf Schouten, by whom she had two children.
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Schouten believes Jamila M'Barek worked as a prostitute even during their short, unhappy marriage.
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Jamila M'Barek rarely saw her children, who in 2006 lived on the French Riviera with their paternal grandmother.
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Jamila M'Barek, by this point titled Countess of Shaftesbury, claimed to be pregnant with his child; Shaftesbury included her in his will, naming her the heir of his properties in Ireland and France, but a child was never born to the couple.
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Jamila M'Barek was arrested on 25 February 2005 and her brother was arrested by German police the following day at his home in Munich.
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Jamila M'Barek was later extradited to France, continuing to deny his involvement and knowledge of the location of Lord Shaftesbury's body.
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Jamila M'Barek stated that she had never been to the site and claimed that she had no role in the murder other than helping her brother, under duress, load the body into his car.
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Jamila M'Barek freely admitted that her brother had indeed killed her husband but testified it was an accident.
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Jamila M'Barek further admitted that after her husband was dead, she helped her brother load his body into the trunk of his black BMW.
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Jamila M'Barek forced me to put the body in the boot of the car.
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Jamila M'Barek forced me to follow him as I thought we were going to a hospital.
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Jamila M'Barek testified that the source of her prosperity was the generosity of wealthy individuals who were prepared to pay for her company.
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Jamila M'Barek additionally recounted precisely how she was going to blame her brother for her husband's death.