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| French playboy jailed 30 years on | French playboy jailed 30 years on |
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| A former French Riviera playboy has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend 30 years after she vanished. | A former French Riviera playboy has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend 30 years after she vanished. |
| Jean-Maurice Agnelet was found guilty by a French court of killing casino heiress Agnes Le Roux, whose body has never been found. | Jean-Maurice Agnelet was found guilty by a French court of killing casino heiress Agnes Le Roux, whose body has never been found. |
| The 69-year-old lawyer was only charged in 2000 after another girlfriend withdrew the alibi she had given him. | The 69-year-old lawyer was only charged in 2000 after another girlfriend withdrew the alibi she had given him. |
| Branded a "solitary, villainous, lying vulture" by prosecutors, Agnelet was sentenced to 20 years in jail. | Branded a "solitary, villainous, lying vulture" by prosecutors, Agnelet was sentenced to 20 years in jail. |
| The court in the southern town of Aix-en-Provence heard he had convinced Ms Le Roux to vote against her mother at a board meeting in June 1977 to allow the casino to be sold. | |
| The 29-year-old heiress was paid three million francs from the Corsican buyer and she transferred the cash to a joint account also in Agnelet's name. | |
| When she disappeared later that year, prime suspect Agnelet produced an alibi from another mistress, who told police she had been with him in Switzerland at the time. | When she disappeared later that year, prime suspect Agnelet produced an alibi from another mistress, who told police she had been with him in Switzerland at the time. |
| But in 1999, she admitted to Ms Le Roux's elderly mother that she had lied, prompting police to reopen the case. | But in 1999, she admitted to Ms Le Roux's elderly mother that she had lied, prompting police to reopen the case. |