Hamida Djandoubi

Hamida Djandoubi
Djandoubi being escorted to his trial at the Cour d'assises d'Aix-en-Provence, February 1977
Born(1949-09-22)22 September 1949
Died10 September 1977(1977-09-10) (aged 27)
Cause of deathExecution by beheading
Resting placeCimetière Saint-Pierre, Marseille
NationalityTunisian
Other names"Pimp Killer"
MotiveRevenge for previous criminal charges
Conviction(s)Murder with aggravating circumstances
Procuring
Rape (2 counts)
Premeditated violence (3 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath (25 February 1977)
Details
VictimsÉlisabeth Bousquet, 21
DateEarly 1973 (procuring) – 3 July 1974 (murder)
Location(s)Marseilles
Lançon-Provence
Date apprehended
11 August 1974

Hamida Djandoubi (Arabic: حميدة جندوبي, romanizedḤamīda Jandūbī; 22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a Tunisian convicted murderer sentenced to death in France. He moved to Marseille in 1968, and six years later he was convicted of the kidnapping, torture and murder of 21-year-old Élisabeth Bousquet. He was sentenced to death in February 1977 and executed by guillotine in September that year,[1] and also the last person to be lawfully executed by beheading anywhere in the Western world, although he was not the last person sentenced to death in France. Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner.[2]

  1. ^ Franklin E. Zimring (24 September 2004). The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment. Oxford University Press. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-19-029237-9.
  2. ^ Les deux derniers bourreaux français toujours vivants, La Dépêche du Midi, 10 September 2007 (French)