A French court on Friday sentenced an American man to 30 years in prison for killing his estranged wife and mother of his three children and her lover outside Paris in 2020.

Charles Dietrich, 50, was found guilty of shooting dead his former partner and her new love interest in the town of Saint-Maur-des-Fosses in the southeastern suburbs of Paris in July 2020.

The court in the southeastern Paris suburb of Creteil imposed a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years and stripped Dietrich of his parental rights.

"You coldly contested the facts without expressing any regret or questioning your actions," the judge said.

"I do not believe that by killing the mother of your three daughters, you are being a good father," the judge added. "I hope you understand that."

"I do," Dietrich replied, sp

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