- Briton named as David Daniels had lived in Edon, south west France, for 25 years
- Farmer believed to have been shot at his home after ‘argument with a neighbour’
- The 72-year-old’s wife drive him to doctor’s surgery where he died of his injuries
A 72-year-old British expat has died of gunshot wounds after what was described as an argument with a neighbour in France.
The victim, named in local media as David Daniels, had lived in the small village of Edon in the Charente department of south west France for 25 years.
Late on Tuesday afternoon after an incident at the victim’s home involving a neighbour the British farmer collapsed with gunshot wounds.
A 72-year-old British man living in the small village of Edon (file picture) in south west France has died of gunshot wounds after what was described as an argument with a neighbour
His wife drove him to a doctor’s surgery at the nearby village of Dignac where, according to a report in the newspaper Sud Ouest, he died of his injuries.
Gendarmes were called and are investigating.
French newspaper Charente Libre named the victim as David Daniels and said he lived at ‘La Gelie’, a house close to Edon, a village of 270 near the city of Angouleme.
It is close to the Perigord national park and is an area popular with British expats.
Mayor of the village Patrice Petit said that the British man was well known in the village and well liked.
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