'French Connection'
gangster claims wrong man convicted in Riviera murder "Jean-Pierre Hernandez, 75, said his conscience finally forced him to break a gangland secret over who murdered Agnès Le Roux, whose mother owned one of Nice's most prestigious casinos - the Palais de la Méditerraneé.Then aged 29, Miss Le Roux disappeared at the wheel of her white Range Rover in 1977.
Her ex-lover, Jean-Maurice Agnelet, 72, a former playboy lawyer is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her murder.
However, in his book, 'Confessions of a Gang Leader', Mr Hernandez said the tears of Mr Agnelet's sons drove him to reveal the 'true' culprit - his 'best friend' Jeannot Lucchesi, another well-known figure from the Marseille underworld.
The pair had been instrumental in the 'French Connection' a lucrative heroine trade between Marseille and New York and the subject of a Hollywood film."
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