Shooter given two-year suspended sentence and life ban, as government tightens rules for the sport
A French hunter who shot dead a man he mistook for a wild boar has received a two-year suspended sentence, days after the government outlined tighter rules for the sport.
The death of 25-year-old Morgan Keane caused outrage in 2020 when the French-British man was shot while cutting wood near his house in the village of Calvignac. The case revived tensions between anti-hunting activists and defenders of a rural hobby and practice that is seen as necessary by farmers to keep down deer and boar populations in particular.During the busy times of the hunting season, large parts of the French countryside reverberate with the sound of gunshots, leading many walkers to avoid forested areas for their own safety.
Punishments will also be upgraded, including hunters losing their licences if they are involved in a serious accident.
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