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| French singer Bertrand Cantat denied bail in Lithuania
VILNIUS, Sept 4 (AFP) - A Lithuanian court rejected on Thursday a bail appeal from French rock singer Bertrand Cantat, who is under criminal investigation for the death of French actress Marie Trintignant last month. "The court decided to reject our appeal and left the decision of lower court unchanged," Cantat's lawyer Virginijus Papirtis told AFP. Serious business, investment and technology intelligence for a serious advantage - BizVantage! Cantat was taken into custody after a violent row with the actress in their Vilnius hotel at the end of July left Trintignant in a coma. She died on August 1 in Paris, to where she had been flown for treatment. An autopsy showed Trintignant, 41, died to blows from the face, according a lawyer for her family. Cantat, the 39-year-old lead singer of the French rock band Noir Desir, has claimed that Trintignant fell during an argument and cracked her head on the floor. Cantat faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on murder charges in Lithuania. He has also been formally placed under criminal investigation as part of a probe under way in France accusing him of violence unintentionally leading to the death of Trintignant. Lithuanian prosecutors have said they plan to prosecute Cantat instead of allowing his extradition to face charges in France. rac/bmk/rl Lithuania-France-cinema-crime C O P Y R I G H T R E M I N D E RThis article is Copyright 2003 by Agence France-Presse. All articles in the clari.* news hierarchy are Copyrighted and licensed to ClariNet Communications Corp. for distribution. Except for articles in the biz.clarinet newsgroups, only paid subscribers may access these articles. Any unauthorized access, reproduction or transmission is strictly prohibited. We offer a reward to the person who first provides us with information that helps stop those who distribute or receive our news feeds without authorization. Please send reports to reward@clari.net. [Use info@clari.net for sales or other inquiries.] Details on the use of ClariNet material and other info can be found in the user documentation section of our web page.
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