ROUEN, France — A French prisoner went on trial Monday and acknowledged killing his cellmate and then eating part of the man’s lung.

Nicolas Cocaign, charged with murder and acts of barbarism, told the court in Rouen, northwestern France, that he is now getting psychiatric treatment and feels “stable.”

After the charges against Cocaign were read in court, the 39-year-old said he was responsible.

Thierry Baudry’s mutilated body was found Jan. 3, 2007 by a Rouen prison guard, and an autopsy revealed two chest muscles and part of his left lung were missing.

At the time, Rouen prosecutor Joseph Schmit said Cocaign confessed to stabbing his victim with scissors and suffocating him with a plastic bag before removing and eating part of an organ from his chest – though he mistakenly believed it was the victim’s heart.

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