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| The niece of UK junior defence minister Quentin Davies has been jailed for 15 years after being convicted of murdering a man at her flat in Paris. | The niece of UK junior defence minister Quentin Davies has been jailed for 15 years after being convicted of murdering a man at her flat in Paris. |
| Jessica Davies, 30, admitted stabbing Olivier Mugnier after a drunken binge but said she had a blackout. | Jessica Davies, 30, admitted stabbing Olivier Mugnier after a drunken binge but said she had a blackout. |
| The 24-year-old died after being struck twice in the chest. | The 24-year-old died after being struck twice in the chest. |
| The court heard that the knife used was the same one Davies, 30, slashed her own wrists and legs with just a few months earlier following a break-up. | The court heard that the knife used was the same one Davies, 30, slashed her own wrists and legs with just a few months earlier following a break-up. |
| Davies, who has French and British nationality, was said to be four times over the drink-drive limit and could barely stand or speak when arrested at her home in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. | Davies, who has French and British nationality, was said to be four times over the drink-drive limit and could barely stand or speak when arrested at her home in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. |
| Davies, who said she only remembered coming round to find Mr Mugnier bleeding to death on her bed, was also sentenced to 10 years of probation and psychological monitoring. | |
| The court in Versailles was told she had suffered from psychological problems and drifted into drug taking after her English banker father and French mother divorced when she was 14. |