(Belgium) 18 year sentence for Murder over a cigarette

[Kaylara]

Achttien jaar cel voor moord om sigaret
BRUSSEL - De rechtbank in het Belgische Brugge heeft donderdagavond een 22-jarige man tot 18 jaar gevangenisstraf veroordeeld voor doodslag op een 18-jarige man in Oostende twee jaar geleden.

Hij stak het slachtoffer dood nadat die hem een sigaret had geweigerd. Ook verwondde hij een vriend van het slachtoffer.

De openbare aanklager had een celstraf van 22 jaar geëist. De zaak heeft in België voor veel opschudding gezorgd.

http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/1920511/ac...m-sigaret.html

Translation:
The Court in Brugge, Belgium sentenced a 22 year old man to 18 years in prison on Thursday. The man was convicted of killing an 18 year old man in Oostende two years ago.

The assailant stabbed the victim to death after the the victim refused to give him a cigarette. The assailant also wounded a friend of the victim in the attack.

The prosecutor requested a 22 year sentence. This case has caused outrage in Belgium.

[Whisper]

WOW what a repeat of what has happened here.I work as a geriatrics nurse but since the city is short on nurses all over the place I do 2-3 nights at a Psych home.A few months ago and man and wife decided that their 33 yr old son should be moved from our Psych home to a rest home.A Psych home carries a stigma for some people and rest home is more acceptable and these people have money so it was better for them not him. Each month they get a cheque and they have spending money and this guy had to have smokes all the time.What we did was hide a few packs (that we paid from our money) so that near the end of month he would have some.He would get right flippy if he didnt have smokes & his family wouldnt give him extra for smokes if he ran out.So we would go to our stash and get him 1 or 2 but we always made sure he had them.Also at our home they HAVE to take meds,we give them to them and make sure they take them.At rest home its up to them.So he ran outta smokes and went asking for some and no one would give him any and he beat a 65 yr old man to death b/c he knew that man some and wouldnt spot him any.Just so his family with money didnt have the stigma of a Psych home resident in the family they now have a murder trial coming up.