18 years in prison for trying to kill a disabled man

The accused admitted the violence but not the intention to kill.

The Assize Court of Maine-et-Loire decided otherwise.

On the night of Friday to Saturday, she sentenced this 25-year-old man to 18 years of criminal imprisonment for attempted murder of a vulnerable person and attempted extortion with a weapon.

The victim was a 35-year-old man with Down's syndrome. On December 5, 2017, he was attacked at his home in Beaupréau-en-Mauges, near Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), by a young man. being broken into his apartment, reports

.

The disabled adult had been beaten up and then forced to go and withdraw money from the ATM.

Back in the accommodation, he had suffered a barrage of beatings, including stab wounds.

A neighbor had discovered him several hours later, bleeding and suffering from multiple fractures.

The Assize Court also gave a 12-month suspended prison sentence to three friends of the accused who had witnessed some of the violence without intervening or notifying the emergency services.

They were found guilty of failing to assist a person in danger.

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