Serial killer's ex-wife Monique Olivier convicted for part in murders

A serial killer's ex wife has been sentenced to life in prison for her complicity in two murders and a kidnap.

Monique Olivier, 75, was on trial in France for her part in the rape and murder of two young women, 20-year-old Joanna Parrish, from Gloucestershire, and 18-year-old Marie-Angèle Domèce.

Olivier was also accused of helping kidnap nine-year-old Estelle Mouzin in 2003, whose body has never been found.

Michel Fourniret died before he could be brought to trial for the killings.

Shortly before the jury in Paris retired to consider her role in the crimes, Olivier expressed regret and asked for forgiveness from her victims' families.

She told the court: "I regret everything I did and I ask for forgiveness from the families of the victims, while knowing that it is unforgivable."

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