A French man has been convicted after his illegally imported pit bull dog killed his six-month pregnant girlfriend.
Christophe Ellul, 51, received a suspended four-year sentence after DNA tests showed his dog, Curtis, was responsible for the 2019 attack that killed Elisa Pilarski.
A French court on Thursday convicted Ellul of involuntary manslaughter after the pit bull he had illegally imported and trained to bite mauled pregnant Ms Pilarski to death.
In November 2019, Ellul found his girlfriend dead just below a hiking trail in the Retz forest near the northern town of Villers-Cotterêts, her body covered with around 40 bites.
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