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A French court on Tuesday sentenced the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret to life in prison for her role in three murders by her former husband.

The family of 20-year-old Joanna Parrish remember her as an "exceptional woman" with a "radiant" smile.

Midway through the three-week trial of Monique Olivier - one of the grisliest and most gripping France has seen - a key witness was drawn into making a disquieting admission.

Joanna Parrish was just 20 when she was raped and killed in Moneteau, France in May 1990 by Michel Fourniret - known as the Ogre of the Ardennes - who confessed to her murder three years before his death in prison in 2021

Twenty-year-old British student killed by Michel Fourniret, Monique Olivier’s ex-husband, in 1990

A French court on Tuesday sentenced the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret to life in prison for her role in three murders by her former husband.

Monique Olivier was convicted of complicity in Fourniret’s murder of two young women dating back decades.

Previously unknown details revealed by Monique Olivier were so distressing that - after two terrible hours - Roger Parrish, 80, and his ex-wife Pauline Murrell, 75, could bear to listen no longer.

Previously unknown details revealed by Monique Olivier were so distressing that - after two terrible hours - Roger Parrish, 80, and his ex-wife Pauline Murrell, 75, could bear to listen no longer