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The hunter who killed Morgan Keane sentenced to two years in prison suspended

2023-01-12T08:32:27.310Z


The investigation revealed several irregularities, including the fact that the hunter did not know the area and had been posted in an ill-chosen place without having received the necessary safety instructions.


The hunter who killed the Franco-British Morgan Keane in the Lot in 2020 was sentenced on Thursday January 12 by the Cahors criminal court to 2 years in prison suspended and a ban on hunting for life.

The director of the hunt during which the hunting accident occurred was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence and the withdrawal of his hunting license for 5 years.

An iconic death

The court followed the prosecutor's submissions on the length of the sentence, but did not order a prison sentence, although the public prosecutor had requested six months' imprisonment.

On December 2, 2020, Morgan Keane, 25, was chopping wood on land he owned near the village of Calvignac when he was hit by a bullet fired by a hunter who mistook him for a wild boar. .

The death of Morgan Keane has become emblematic of the difficulties of cohabitation between hunters and other rural people, who are often opposed to this practice.

At the hearing on November 17, the 35-year-old hunter, "

sorry

" for his gesture, admitted that he had "not

correctly identified the target

".

The investigation revealed that he did not know the place, that he had been posted in a badly chosen place without having received the necessary safety instructions, and that several irregularities had been noted in the conduct of the search.

Source: lefigaro

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