Last Updated on: 17th November 2022, 08:47 pm
Who is Morgan Keane? Biography, Wiki
Morgan Keane was shot dead while cutting wood near his house in Calvignac, a village in southwest France where anti and pro-hunt activists have picked up the case.
A French hunter has apologized after killing a man he mistook for a wild boar.
Morgan Keane Age
His current age was 25 years.
French Hunter Killed Morgan Keane
The accidental slaying has sparked calls for tighter shooting restrictions in southwest France’s rural areas, where hunting is common. Uproar ensued when Morgan Keane, a 25-year-old Franco-British man, was shot while cutting wood near his home in the village of Calvignac in southwest France.
The man who fired the fatal shot, and the man who organized the boar hunt, were on trial today for involuntary manslaughter in the nearby town of Cahors. Both could be sentenced to three years and a €75,000 (£65,500) fine.
French Hunter Apologized
The hunter, Julien Féral, 35, had obtained his hunting license only six months before the tragedy and admitted he did not know the area. Laurent Lapergue, 51, who organized the hunt, is also on trial for manslaughter. The case has become a platform for anti-hunting activists and hobby defenders.
Locally, farmers see the hunts as necessary to keep down the population of deer and boar. When hunting season is in full swing, the sounds of gunshots reverberate through large swathes of the French countryside. Many walkers feel threatened, so they avoid forested areas for their safety.
Gun restriction activist Audrey Tindiliere, whose organization was set up after Keane’s death, says the group has garnered much support in the short time it’s been operating.
“A lot of people support us,” Tindiliere said. “Eighty percent of people are in favor of strengthening the regulation of hunting in order to improve the sharing of the countryside with hunters,” she told AFP before the trial.
The prosecution wants both suspects to receive a two-year custodial sentence with 18 months suspended. They said this would underscore “the seriousness of the shortcomings that led to the death of Morgan Keane.”
Earlier this month, a British woman was shot dead at a hunting party in France as her hunting companion was arrested. The 67-year-old had reportedly been invited to a wild boar hunt when she was “wounded above the heart”.
