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L'Oreal heiress' nurse tried to commit suicide

Author
Charlotte Lewis-West,
Publish Date
Tue, 27 Jan 2015, 12:32PM
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L'Oreal heiress' nurse tried to commit suicide

Author
Charlotte Lewis-West,
Publish Date
Tue, 27 Jan 2015, 12:32PM

More drama in the court case of the 10 people accused of trying to swindle France's richest woman out of her enormous fortune.

Aides and nurses of 92-year-old L'Oreal cosmetics heiress Liliane Bettencourt, are accused of taking advantage of her ailing health.

French Correspondent Catherine Field told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking the first day in court's been challenging.

"Everyone trooped into court this morning to discover that one of the accused tried to commit suicide on the eve of the trial - the 64-year-old nurse who'd looked after her.

"The court didn't know whether he was going to be alive or dead."

 

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