Siblings on trial for murdering lord for money

THE widow and brother-in-law of an English lord whose decomposing body was found on the French Riviera went on trial yesterday accused of murdering him to get their hands on his fortune.

Jamila M’Barek, 45, appeared before the court in Nice charged with accessory to murder, alongside her brother, Mohammed M’Barek, 43, who is accused of murdering Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury.

“I loved this man,” Jamila M’Barek told the court, pleading innocence. “He brought me peace. He was for me a lover and a father.”