He was found guilty of attempted murder at the end of his trial, which lasted three days.
The Seine-et-Marne Assize Court, in Melun, sentenced a former inmate from the semi-release center at Meaux-Chauconin prison to 12 years of criminal imprisonment.
The criminal jury ordered socio-judicial supervision for a period of seven years.
Not to mention that the accused also received an additional six months in prison, for escape by convict on semi-release.
On April 2, 2021, late in the afternoon, Randy C., 31, who was serving a sentence at the semi-release center, stabbed one of his fellow inmates, aged 22.
The victim was hit four times in the back and on the head.
The two men had a first verbal altercation in the morning, leaving the New Concept District.
A second aggressive exchange took place late in the afternoon at a bus stop near Meaux station.
Rebelote when returning to the center.
The defense lawyer pleaded for intentional violence
Just after the stabbings, Randy C. took off.
He had called his brother for help, who knew nothing of the tragedy.
He came to pick him up by car, help which landed him in police custody at the time.
His mother strongly advised him by telephone to go to the police.
What he did a few hours later, accompanied by his father.
The victim, whose vital prognosis had initially been threatened, attended the hearing.
The young man has since been released from prison.
As for the accused, he - through his insolent behavior - made the trial complicated to conduct.
The thirty-year-old, with a very serious criminal record, maintained that he never wanted to kill the victim.
His lawyer, Me Evelyne Janelli, pleaded for the reclassification of the facts as intentional violence with a weapon.
As for Attorney General Alice Lelong, she requested fifteen years of criminal imprisonment, with socio-judicial monitoring for a period of seven years, for attempted murder.