Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – An eighteen-year-old, indicted with murder while he was still a minor, has been tried and sentenced in adult court in Lausanne. The accused, who was 17-years-old at the time of the murder, admitted killing a 25-year-old Algerian man because the victim had given him “an ugly look.”

The victim, an illegal immigrant known as Sofian, was at the Montbenon park in Lausanne – in September 2009 – when he was fatally stabbed in the heart.

The accused is an Armenian asylee who had a criminal “rap sheet” which included an attempted murder charge at age 16. Because the accused turned 18 in January he is to serve his 4-year sentence in an adult prison.

Another minor, a 15-year-old Ukranian immigrant, was also arrested in connection to the murder but the authorities say his role in the murder was “minor.”

The crimes came at a time when Switzerland had been debating what to do with foreigners who commit serious crimes.

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