For seven years, Ismael Franconville, 71, lived as a widower. Having been married for 37 years, the Normandy barber kept looking for a second wife, and in 1970 he found her. But after only three months, Denise Franconville, also in her 70s, decided that her spouse was far too amorous for her tastes. In a rare decree, a Dieppe court accorded Denise a divorce on the grounds of her husband's "excessive virility."
In defending himself, Ismaël told the court: "I enjoyed myself when I felt like enjoying myself. I did everything that is...
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