Belgium is expected to extradite the wife of confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret to France today, where she is wanted for her role in the suspected killings of 19 people who police believe were murdered by her husband.

Marc Dutroux, chief defendant in a horrific child rape and murder trial that has transfixed Belgium for over three months, rejected the most serious charges against him today in a final courtroom appeal before a jury decides his fate.