A violent criminal previously convicted of rape and murder will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after brutally attacking a Long Island bus passenger less than three months after being released on parole.

Brian France, 62, of Coram, will serve at least 22 more years in prison for repeatedly bashing his victim in the head using a “padlock tied to a strap” during a bus ride from Patchogue to Coram , Suffolk County prosecutors said on Thursday.

France, who allegedly knew the victim from a Department of Social Services Housing building, also punched the man multiple times from behind before fleeing the scene, authorities said, citing video surveillance from the bus.

The unidentified victim survived the attack, but was treated at an area hospital after his “ear was split in

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