Former nurse of L’Oreal heiress cleared over will

The former nurse of French L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, 93, was found not guilty of exploiting the frail billionaire yesterday, nine months after trying to kill himself on the eve of the trial. The prosecution accepted there was insufficient evidence to prove that Alain Thurin, 65, abused Bettencourt’s trust to get her to include him in her will. Mr Thurin tried to hang himself the day before the trial began in January. He later told the court he had grown very close to Bettencourt, now 93, and never wanted her money.