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July 25, 2008 12:58:14 PM CDT



After 30 Years, Riviera Murder Case Ends in Conviction

Posted Oct 12, 07 2:36 PM CDT in Crime & Courts World 

(Newser) – Thirty years after his girlfriend disappeared, a onetime playboy lawyer was convicted of her murder yesterday, ending a tangled tale of seduction and bribery that has long fascinated the French Riviera. Although the body of casino heiress Agnes Le Roux was never found, Jean-Maurice Agnelet, 69, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after his third trial, the Telegraph reports.

Agnelet had an alibi that let him skate on murder charges in 1985, but that witness—another girlfriend, now his ex-wife—changed her story last year. Prosecutors seized the chance to press their case against the "solitary, villainous, lying vulture," Reuters reports. Agnelet's lawyer immediately said he'll appeal.

Sources Daily Telegraph (UK), Reuters

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Jean-Maurice Agnelet (R) arrives with hi   (Getty Images)
Jean-Maurice Agnelet arrives 23 November   (Getty Images)
Jean-Maurice Agnelet arrives for a last day trial, 20 december.   (Getty Images (by Event))
Renee Le Roux arrives 24 November 2006.   (Getty Images)
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