In Rouen, a homeless man sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder

A 51-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison by the Assize Court of Seine-Maritime, in Rouen.

On May 25, 2018, he killed a vulnerable 59-year-old in Dieppe, hitting him with numerous blows;

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After four days of trial, the fifties escaped life imprisonment for this murder.

This homeless, already convicted, had spent the day of the crime consuming alcohol at the victim's home, with two other men.

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, the main defendant dealt around thirty blows to the 80% disabled man.

This former merchant lived alone and had sunk into depression and alcohol.

He had been found dead by his father.

Two other men sentenced to prison terms

The other two marginals prosecuted for failure to assist a person in danger were sentenced to three and four years in prison.

They had not warned the emergency services the day of the tragedy.

The first was imprisoned at the end of the trial and the second returned to detention, as he is already serving another sentence.

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• Dieppe

• Seine Maritime

• Normandy

• Murder

• assize court

• Court

• Rouen