Rock Star Jailed for Beating Film Actress to Death ; Singer Gets Eight Years for Manslaughter of His Lover in Their Hotel Room

Evening Standard - London › March 29, 2004

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A ROCK STAR was jailed today for beating his actress girlfriend to death.

Bertrand Cantat, lead singer of one of France's most popular bands, Noir Desir, was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter by a court in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he attacked Marie Trintignant in their hotel room last July.

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Rock Star Jailed for Beating Film Actress to Death ; Singer Gets Eight Years for Manslaughter of His Lover in Their Hotel Room

Cantat, 40, had insisted her death was an accident. The three- judge panel could have jailed him ...

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