30 years in a French prison.......

[SaligoBay]

..............for killing his English ma-in-law. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4402929.stm

And your fascinating French titbit for today is that although he did this foul and gruesome deed in Britain, he was tried in France because France doesn't extradite its own citizens. 

[Russethouse]

I thought he was going to use the defence that it was a 'crime of passion'

I can't remember - does Britain extradite its own citizens ?

[Clarkkent]

I can't remember - does Britain extradite its own citizens ?

Yes.

There was a case a couple of years ago where a British woman was extradited to Oregan to face trial in connection with her association with the Maharishi's sect. The sect was accused of trying to bring down the American state - or somesuch. (The motivation for prosecution may have been connected with a fundamentalist christian opposition to the sect's lifestyle.)