French Alps murders: Man accused of trying to access bank accounts of victim remanded

A man accused of trying to access bank accounts of an engineer’s family the day after he was murdered in the French Alps was remanded in custody today.

Nigerian-born Abiodun David John, 33, is charged with eight counts of fraud by false representation after allegedly trying to get into accounts in the name of Saad al-Hilli before and after his death on September 5.