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Woman Gets 8 Years for Banker's Bondage Murder

Sex game killing scandalized French financial world

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 19, 2009 6:01 AM CDT

(Newser) – A woman who shot one of France's richest men in the head as he sat tied to a chair in a latex bodysuit has been found guilty of his murder, the Wall Street Journal reports. Cécile Brossard was sentenced to 8½ years for killing... Read full story »

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