French prisoner 'killed cellmate and ate his lung'

French prisoner 'killed cellmate and ate his lung'

A French prisoner killed his cellmate then sliced open his chest to remove and eat his heart, a court has heard.

Mr Cocaign allegedly sliced open Baudry's chest with a razor blade, removed a rib and pulled out an organ Photo: AFP

However, the man removed the wrong organ, and ate his lung by mistake.

Nicolas Cocaign, 39, appeared in court in the northern city of Rouen for allegedly killing Thierry Baudry in January 2007 by punching and kicking him, stabbing him with a pair of scissors and suffocating him with a rubbish bag.

Mr Cocaign then allegedly sliced open Baudry's chest with a razor blade, removed a rib and pulled out an organ which he believed was the man's heart, but which in fact was a lung.