Last May, a nurse was murdered at the Reims University Hospital by a man now deemed “irresponsible” by the courts in another case that occurred in 2017. Franck F. had stabbed four people and is considered to be suffering from ” psychiatric disorders” by the Reims Court of Appeal.
The man suspected of having killed a nurse in May at the Reims University Hospital was considered “irresponsible” by the courts on Thursday in another case, the stabbing of four people which occurred six years earlier. The investigating chamber of the Reims Court of Appeal highlighted his “psychiatric disorders” to rule in favor of “the abolition of his discernment” and ordered his complete hospitalization in psychiatric care. This decision is in accordance with the prosecution’s requisitions during the hearing at the beginning of September.
This attack took place in June 2017 in Meix-Tiercelin (Marne) in a work assistance establishment (Esat) where the suspect, Franck F., 59 years old, worked. The chamber had been seized by an investigating judge due to conflicting expert opinions on the alteration or abolition of discernment. The accused, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the age of twenty, had alternated between clear and incoherent remarks at the hearing. He “suffers from a mental illness which is not curable, he is subject to delusional outbursts which parasitize his consciousness”, explained his lawyer, Chantal Focachon.
“Taking revenge” on “hospital staff”
This single and unemployed Rémois was indicted for “assassination” and “attempted assassination” for his attack in May at the Reims University Hospital, during which he killed a nurse, Carène Mezino, 37, also injuring a woman. secretary to “take revenge” on the “hospital staff”. The murder of this nurse caused great emotion in the medical world and questions about the safety of caregivers in health establishments.
According to the suspect’s lawyer in this second case, Me Olivier Chalot, an initial expertise concluded that his client’s discernment had been abolished. The civil parties “will certainly request or have already requested a second opinion,” he added.