MONTREAL – The Former cardiologist who stabbed his two children to death, Guy Turcotte,was reportedly attacked in jail where he is serving a life sentence.
The 43-year-old was allegedly beat up by other prisoners at the Port-Cartier Institution — a maximum-security facility — last week.
The incident was reported by TVA’s Claude Poirier.
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Poirier said Turcotte was slightly injured, however he was still sent to the infirmary.
He said Turcotte refused to place a complaint against his attackers.
The attack happened within 24 hours of his transfer to the maximum-security facility, where Luka Rocco Magnotta is also serving his sentence.
Inmates reportedly told Turcotte not to eat with the other prisoners, advice he then ignored, which set off a powder keg.
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In May, Turcotte’s lawyers tried to prevent him from being transferred from the Saint-Anne-Des-Plaines facility to Port-Cartier, near Sept-Iles.
The former doctor was convicted in January for killing his two children, five-year-old Olivier and three-year-old Anne-Sophie, back in 2009.
With files from The Canadian Press
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