Charles Ravet, 35, a former semi-professional footballer in Switzerland, was sentenced to twenty years in prison. He admitted to killing Julien Lorini, described by the prosecution as "one of the main drug traffickers" in the Lyon environment.
The court did not accept the theory of fatal blows without intent to cause death, advanced by the former sportsman. "If I could change things, I would," he said before the proceedings closed, apologizing to the family. "My life was played out here, or the life of one of my relatives"