French actress dies after beating

FRENCH actress Marie Trintignant, who was beaten into a deep coma on Sunday, died yesterday in a Paris hospital, doctors said. She was 41.

Her boyfriend, French rock star Bertrand Cantat, has been remanded in custody in Lithuania as the prime suspect in her attack.

Her mother, the director Nadine Trintignant, and her film star father Jean-Louis flew her back to Paris last night on a private jet, despite warnings from Lithuanian doctors that the journey might kill her.