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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Prisoner butchered, cooked with onions
2007-01-08
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

#14  Well it IS France.

No no chance for a nice bottle of chianti?
Posted by: ed   2007-01-08 23:01  

#13  TW-
Well it IS France.

Groan.... Crest
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-01-08 22:55  

#12  If Mr Cocaigne had a saucepan, cooking fat and other ingredients, and the tools with which to prepare them (one imagines he didn't peel and slice that onion with his teeth and fingernails), presumably he had a hot plate as well. Admittedly I know very little on the subject, but since when do prisons allow convicts to prepare gourmet meals in their cells?
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-01-08 21:52  

#11  Prison Director Yves Bidet said "It's a wash"
Posted by: Grunter   2007-01-08 13:50  

#10  4 out 5 cannibals love thoracic cavities Darth.

/heh go ahead and groan!
Posted by: Crest   2007-01-08 12:54  

#9  The food in that prison must SUCK.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2007-01-08 11:29  

#8  I can see a nice rump roast, but the lungs?
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-01-08 10:52  

#7  "It was the smell of onions cooking that alerted us. It smelled delicious"
Posted by: Frank G   2007-01-08 10:05  

#6  The way my luck runs, that's the kind of cellmate I'd get.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-01-08 08:22  

#5   "A CONFESSED cannibal apparently killed a cellmate and cooked parts of his lungs with onions before eating them."

Beats liver, fava beans and a nice chianti any day!
Posted by: TZSenator   2007-01-08 02:51  

#4  A third detainee in the cell was charged with being an accessory to murder.

"What, are you kidding me? He was growlin' and chewin' on the guy's lung, fer chrissake. You wanna go over there and say 'hey, knock it off'? You go right ahead. Not me, pal."
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-08 02:32  

#3  "A CONFESSED cannibal apparently killed a cellmate and cooked parts of his lungs with onions before eating them."

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Cocaigne thought he was cooking & eating the heart; the 3rd prisoner claims he slept through the attack.
Posted by: Sweeney Todd   2007-01-08 01:09  

#2  I guess he just couldn't stomach his cellmate anymore...

No problem. he'll pass his mate in the bathroom I'm sure....

And then throw up his arms in disgust...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-01-08 00:51  

#1  Well, err, who was watching these sports? Must have had plenty of time to pull this off. Any screaming heard ? And, just how did he build a fire and saute his dear old mate ?
Posted by: SpecOp35   2007-01-08 00:43  

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