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Former French Captain shoots his wife dead

Hairy Homer · 2004-08-09 18:11:50

Marc Cecillon, legendary French hard man and former captain has shot his wife dead after a row at a party on Saturday night. He always looked like the sort of person you wouldn't want to meet alone in a dark alleyway but he appears to have gone too far this time. Allegedly. I have loosely translated (with a little help…

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09-08-2004 7:11pm

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Marc Cecillon, legendary French hard man and former captain has shot his wife dead after a row at a party on Saturday night. He always looked like the sort of person you wouldn't want to meet alone in a dark alleyway but he appears to have gone too far this time. Allegedly.

I have loosely translated (with a little help from Babelfish) the linked Equipe article below.

Cécillon before the public prosecutor

Marc Cécillon, the former French rugby captain who killed his wife on Saturday during a party at a friend’s house in Saint-Savin (Isère), will appear before the public prosecutor of Bourgoin-Jallieu on Monday afternoon.

Cécillon, 45, killed his wife with at least three shots during a reunion party at the house of a couple of good friends in front of about sixty people. According to testimony collected by the police, the alleged murderer had an argument with his hosts and had struck the woman of the house. He then agreed to leave before returning half an hour later after the matter had been resolved.

Marc Cécillon at first wished to say goodbye to everyone. He then took a 357 Magnum from his shorts and fired four shots at his wife Chantal, hitting her in the throat and head.

About sixty people, mainly from the world of Rugby including some juniors from the local club, had been invited to the open-air party. A police officer spoke on Sunday of a "troubled marital history" and arguments between the former back row player and his wife Chantal, a medical secretary. He said that the former international was under the influence of alcohol and that he didn’t realise until Sunday, after he had been in police custody for several hours, that he had killed his wife.

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