French murder suspect emerges from coma after swallowing poison

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The suspect for the rape and murder of a young woman in northern France almost two decades ago was slowly emerging from a coma while under guard ...

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AMIENS: The suspect for the rape and murder of a young woman in northern France almost two decades ago was slowly emerging from a coma while under guard in hospital on Saturday after he swallowed pesticide in an apparent suicide bid following his conviction.

"The product ingested ... is a pesticide called Temik. It's an extremely dangerous product ... which affects the nervous and cardio-vascular systems," he said.He had been sentenced to 30 years jail for kidnapping and holding a person against their will followed by death but was however acquitted of murder.The prosecutor said Bardon had swallowed a pesticide in the seconds after the verdict was announced at court in Amiens at the climax of a 13-day trial.

Before dying, she managed to call emergency services and the harrowing 26-second recording was the key piece of evidence in the trial. DNA testing advances had allowed new evidence to be gathered years after the event, leading police to identify Wiart.

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