The Paris Assize Court sentenced Tuesday, June 14 to 24 months in prison, including 18 months suspended, and 12 months suspended, two men tried for an offense related to the trial for the assassination in November 2008 of the Australian ex-Warner Music executive Peter Ikin.
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The court also sentenced the two men to a fine of 5,000 euros for Jérémy B and 2,000 euros for Vincent B. Jérémy B., sentenced to 24 months in prison, 18 of which were suspended, having already served six months in prison as a preventive measure and will not go to detention.
Absent from the trial, the alleged murderer of Peter Ikin, the dandy Alexandre Despallières, died in a Paris hospital in January, automatically ending the prosecution.
Forgery offense and complicity in the use of forgery
Jérémy B., 40, and Vincent B., 37, were prosecuted for the offense of forgery and complicity in the use of forgery.
The court, meeting in a reduced format, that is to say without jurors, found them guilty of having participated in the making of a false will attributed to the wealthy Peter Ikin for the exclusive benefit of Alexandre Despallières.
This false will making Alexandre Despallières the sole heir of the former producer of Madonna and Elton John allowed the jet-setter to capture part of Peter Ikin's fortune, estimated at 20 million euros until what in December 2009 the British justice, seized by the nephew of the producer, plaintiff in the lawsuit, blocks the accounts of the deceased and cancels the provisions of the false will.
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The two defendants faced a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.
In his indictment, Advocate General Jean-Christophe Muller had requested three years in prison, including 30 months suspended sentence against Jérémy B. and two years suspended sentence against Vincent B.