A French hunter has apologised for shooting dead a 25-year-old British man he mistook for a boar in 2020, telling the court: ‘It marked me for life’.
The death of Morgan Keane, a Franco-British man, caused outrage when he was shot while cutting wood near his house in the village of Calvignac in southwest France.
Two men – the man who fired the fatal shot and the 51-year-old organiser of the hunt – both went on trial on Thursday in the nearby town of Cahors, charged with involuntary manslaughter.
If convicted, they face up to three years in prison and a 75,000 euros (£65,000) fine.
The death of Morgan Keane (pictured in photos displayed at a vigil and protest over his death in 2021), a Franco-British man, caused outrage when he was shot while cutting wood near his house in the village of Calvignac in southwest France
‘There isn’t a day I don’t think about it, it’s marked me for life. I’m sorry,’ the shooter told the court, admitting that he had not ‘identified the target’.
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