Cecillon charged with killing wife

Former French rugby captain Marc Cecillon will appear in court charged with shooting his wife dead in a drunken rage at a party.

Cecillon, 47, told investigators he had fired five shots from his .357 Magnum at his 44-year-old wife Chantal while 60 witnesses looked on in horror on August 7, 2004.

Police said Cecillon, who was capped 46 times from 1988-95 and was a five-time captain of the French rugby team, was drunk at the time of the shooting and did not realise his wife was dead until he woke up in jail.