CMU. reports the following on the musical murder trial in Lithuania.

French rock star Bertrand Cantat has dropped his plans to appeal against the length of the prison sentence he received after being found guilty in a Lithuanian court of killing his actress partner. As previously reported Canat killed actress Marie Trintignant during a violent argument while staying in the Lithuanian town of Vilnius. Accepting that Canat killed his partner by mistake in a fit of rage he was given an eight year prison sentence for his crime. Canat appealed that sentence hoping to get a more lenient sentence, meanwhile Trintignant's family called for a tougher sentence to be applied. The family have stopped their proceedings now that Canat has decided not to appeal. With the case now closed Canat should be allowed to serve the rest of his sentence in a French prison.