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29-11-2024, 09:20 AM
A Dutchman charged with murder for the killing of an 11-year-old British girl in France has died in prison, his lawyer revealed on Tuesday.
Dirk Raats opened fire on a British family in June 2023 following a neighbourly feud over noise in Plonevez-du-Faou, a village in the western French region of Brittany.
In the shooting - sparked according to prosecutors by the Dutchman's 'exasperation' over persistent chainsaw noise from the neighbouring property - the suspect killed the young girl, Solaine Thornton, and shot her father, 50-year-old Adrian, in the head.
Dirk Raats opened fire on a British family in June 2023 following a neighbourly feud over noise in Plonevez-du-Faou, a village in the western French region of Brittany.
In the shooting - sparked according to prosecutors by the Dutchman's 'exasperation' over persistent chainsaw noise from the neighbouring property - the suspect killed the young girl, Solaine Thornton, and shot her father, 50-year-old Adrian, in the head.