The parents of Alexia, killed by her husband in October 2017, will receive nearly 130,000 euros.

The young woman's sister, as well as her husband and their son, will also be compensated, as will Alexia's godfather. 

The Haute-Saône Assize Court on Tuesday sentenced Jonathann Daval, who has been serving a 25-year prison sentence since last November for the murder of his wife Alexia in 2017, to pay around 165,000 euros in damages to relatives of the victim.

Jean-Pierre and Isabelle Fouillot, Alexia's parents, will receive nearly 130,000 euros.

The victim's sister, Stéphanie Gay, her husband and their son, will also be compensated, as will Alexia's godfather.

On the other hand, the other relatives of the victim were rejected of their requests.

Alexia's relatives claimed more than 800,000 euros

During the hearing on civil interests, on February 22, the relatives of Alexia Daval had claimed more than 800,000 euros in damages, requests deemed "disproportionate" by Jonathann Daval's lawyers.

Me Jean-Hubert Portejoie, lawyer for the parents, sister and brother-in-law of the victim, had however argued that these requests took into account "the media coverage, the accumulation of dramas experienced by the civil parties and their close ties with Alexia ".

A highly publicized affair 

Jonathann Daval killed his wife Alexia on the night of October 27 to 28, 2017 at their home in Gray-la-Ville, in Haute-Saône.

The next day he transported his body to a wood before setting it on fire and sounding the alarm, claiming that his wife had not returned from her jogging.

Alexia's body was found two days later.

For three months, Jonathann Daval had shown the face of a grieving widower in the media, before being confused, helping to fuel the intense media coverage of this affair in the midst of the #MeToo wave.