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Passionate Defense Lithuanian prosecutors sought a nine-year jail sentence for French rock star Bertrand Cantat at the end of the first week of his emotionally charged trial on charges of murdering his girlfriend, actress Marie Trintignant. A tearful Cantat, the lead singer of the group Noir Désir, admitted striking Trintignant four times after a jealous row in their Vilnius hotel room last July, but insisted he had not meant to kill her. He told the court of their "extraordinary" love, and said he was "out of control" following the argument. Experts said the actress - the daughter...
...transfixed the French ever since. Defense lawyers asked the Vilnius court to accept a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of four years. The trial was attended by relatives and former partners of both Cantat and Trintignant. Cantat's ex-wife testified that her former husband was a "gentle man" who had never been violent. But Trintignant's mother, movie director Nadine Trintignant, told the court Cantat was a "murderer" and that she did not believe his expressions of regret. The judges will hear a final statement from Cantat this week. Special...
Tentative plans for 1951 include a Bach Cantat with orchestral accompaniment and a program of early American music...
Perpotus, velut socii omnes, tumultuose cantat...
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