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Prisoner butchered, cooked with onions
A CONFESSED cannibal apparently killed a cellmate and cooked parts of his lungs with onions before eating them. Reminiscent of psychopath Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, Nicolas Cocaigne, 35, was charged with premeditated murder and "violating the integrity of a corpse".
"Nicolas Cocaine"? I'll bet he's a druggy.
I'll resist the urge to ask what wine was served.
The body of Thierry Baudry, 31, was found in a cell at Rouen prison. According to the prosecutor, he had been beaten, cut with scissors and a razor, strangled and finally asphyxiated with a plastic bag. A third detainee in the cell was charged with being an accessory to murder. Detectives were running tests on samples of fat and onion taken from a saucepan in the cell, Le Parisien reported yesterday.

Paris psychiatrist Samuel Lepastier said Cocaigne probably suffered major schizophrenia and had a fit of rage.
No, reeeeaaalllly?
Cocaigne's lawyer, Fabien Picchiotino, said the prison authorities had ignored early warnings. "This drama could have been avoided if my client had been placed in psychiatric care, or if the recommendation of the investigating judge to place him in solitary confinement had been followed," he said.

Cocaigne, who was awaiting trial on charges of armed rape, allegedly explained the attack by saying he was overcome with a sudden violent urge. He reportedly got angry because his cellmate failed to respect prison cell rules. "You can't always detect the mentally ill among the prison population," Dr Lepastier told Le Parisien.
Sometimes they give themselves away, though.
Prison director Yves Bidet declined to say whether he had been warned that Cocaigne was dangerous.
Posted by: Fred 2007-01-08
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