A Chilean man, the former boyfriend of Narumi Kurosaki, a Japanese student who went missing while studying in France, has been sentenced to life in prison for her disappearance.

Prosecutors have requested a 30-year prison sentence on appeal for Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, accused of murdering his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki.

Nicolas Zepeda, accused of killing Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki in December 2016, appeared before a French criminal court in Lyon for his third trial, where he again proclaimed his innocence.