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French hunter who killed man after ‘mistaking him for boar’ goes on trial

A friend carries a portrait of Morgan Keane after he was killed by two hunters, in Cajarc, southwestern France.
A friend carries a portrait of Morgan Keane in December 2021 after he was killed in Cajarc, south-western France. Photograph: Valentine Chapuis/AFP/Getty Images

A hunter who shot dead an Anglo-French man after allegedly mistaking him for a wild boar has gone on trial accused of manslaughter.

Morgan Keane, 25, was hit in the chest as he was cutting wood outside his home in a village north of Toulouse, in south-west France, two years ago.

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