Europe1 .fr with AFP // Credits: Loïc Venance/AFP 14:45 pm, December 21, 2023

Nicolas Zepeda was sentenced on Thursday to 28 years in prison for the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki. The sentence was identical to the one handed down at first instance. The public prosecutor had requested life imprisonment against him.

Chilean Nicolas Zepeda was sentenced on Thursday to 28 years in prison by the Haute-Saône Assize Court for the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki, a sentence identical to the one handed down at first instance.

When the verdict was announced, after about five hours of deliberation and in the absence of the accused's parents, the 33-year-old Chilean plunged his head into his box. The public prosecutor had requested life imprisonment against him.

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