France: Loïk Le Priol sentenced to 26 years in prison for murder of former rugby player Aramburu
Paris's assize court also sentenced Romain Bouvier to 19 years in prison for his role in the death of the Argentine rugby player.
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Paris's assize court sentenced Loïk Le Priol to 26 years in prison Friday evening for the murder of former Argentine rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu, who was shot dead in the middle of Paris on March 19, 2022.
Romain Bouvier, the second man involved in the shooting that cost the athlete his life, was sentenced to 19 years in prison by the same court.
The case had stirred considerable emotion in both France and Argentina at the time of the incident, due to the prominence of the player, a former rugby international, gunned down in broad daylight on the streets of the French capital.
The verdict, delivered at the conclusion of the trial before Paris's assize court, brings judicial closure to a case that spanned more than three years from the homicide to the court's decision.
The precise details of the circumstances that led to the fatal shootings, as well as any possible appeals by the convicted men, were not immediately clarified.
Sources
- France: Loïk Le Priol condamné à 26 ans de prison pour le meurtre de l'ex-rugbyman Aramburu — RFI — Français
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