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Love Until Death: The twisted true story of killer conman Alexandre DespalliÃ¨res

By (author) Chris Hutchins

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â€˜Who is Alex? Is he the gifted businessman whose interests have netted him billions of dollars, whose generosity and charm has beguiled the worldâ€™s elite? Or is he the cold-blooded killer accused by the French police of poisoning his lover? A ruthless but brilliant conman who made millions by creating a fictitious persona?â€™ Alexandre DespalliÃ¨res bewitched everyone he met with his disarming good looks and killer charm. But this had tragic consequences for many he got close to, as he left a trail of suspicious deaths in his wake. Posing as a billionaire businessman dying of an inoperable brain tumour, DespalliÃ¨res seduced and married music industry legend Peter Ikin in 2008. Just one month later, Ikin died of a paracetamol overdose and DespalliÃ¨res was set to inherit his estate, worth millions, through a forged will. As investigations unfolded, other suspected victims emerged, including DespalliÃ¨resâ€™s own parents. Others narrowly managed to escape a similar fate, such as a Hollywood heiress, who DespalliÃ¨res convinced to adopt him, and conned her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. DespalliÃ¨res died in 2022, just before he was due to stand trial, leaving unanswered questions behind. In Love Until Death, Chris Hutchins untangles DespalliÃ¨resâ€™s web of deceit, and gains the trust of DespalliÃ¨res himself, who reveals his version of events for the first time.

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