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{{short description|Tunisian murderer,
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Hamida Djandoubi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1949|9|22}}
| birth_place = [[Tunis]], [[French Tunisia]]
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|9|10|1949|9|22}}}}
| death_place = [[Baumettes Prison]], [[Marseille]], France
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| motive = Revenge for previous criminal charges
| conviction = [[Aggravated murder|Murder with aggravating circumstances]]<br />[[Procuring (prostitution)|Procuring]]<br />[[Rape]] (2 counts)<br />Premeditated violence (3 counts)
| victims = Élisabeth Bousquet,
| date = Early 1973 <small>(procuring)</small> – 3 July 1974 <small>(murder)</small>
| locations = [[Marseilles]]<br />[[Lançon-Provence]]
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Djandoubi being escorted to his trial at the Cour d'assises d'Aix-en-Provence, February 1977
| cause =
| alias="Pimp Killer"
| conviction_penalty = [[Capital punishment|Death]] (25 February 1977)
| apprehended = 11 August 1974
}}
'''Hamida Djandoubi''' ({{
== Early life ==
Born in Tunisia on 22 September 1949, Djandoubi started living in Marseille in 1968,
== Allegation of forced prostitution ==
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== Murder of Élisabeth Bousquet ==
After his arrest and eventual release from custody during the spring of 1973, Djandoubi drew two other young girls into his confidence and then forced them into prostitution for him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beadle |first1=Jeremy |last2=Harrison |first2=Ian |title=Firsts, Lasts and Only's: Crime |date=2007 |publisher=Pavilion Books |isbn=978-1-905798-04-9 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQdOF2zxlGgC&dq=Murder+of+Elisabeth+Bousquet&pg=PA169 |language=en}}</ref> On 3 July 1974, he kidnapped Bousquet and took her into his home where, in full view of the terrified girls, he beat the woman before stubbing a lit cigarette all over her breasts and genital area. Bousquet survived the ordeal so he took her by car to the outskirts of Marseille and strangled her there.{{sfn|Mercer|2008}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Infamous Guillotine Falls for the Last Time {{!}} History Channel on Foxtel |url=https://www.historychannel.com.au/this-day-in-history/the-infamous-guillotine-falls-for-the-last-time/ |website=History Channel |access-date=8 February 2019 |language=en-AU |date=19 June 2016 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426202646/https://www.historychannel.com.au/this-day-in-history/the-infamous-guillotine-falls-for-the-last-time/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On his return, Djandoubi warned the two girls to say nothing of what they had seen.{{sfn|Mercer|2008}} Bousquet's body was discovered in a shed by a boy on 7 July 1974. One month later, Djandoubi kidnapped another girl who managed to escape and report him to police.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guillotines Final Bite |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ |via=PressReader |publisher=Ottawa Citizen |access-date=8 February 2019 |date=3 August 2008}}</ref>
== Trial and execution ==
After a lengthy pre-trial process, Djandoubi eventually appeared in court in [[Aix-en-Provence]] on charges of [[torture murder|torture-murder]], [[rape]], and premeditated violence on 24 February 1977. His main defence revolved around the supposed effects of the
On 25 February, he was sentenced to death. An [[appeal
While Djandoubi was the last person executed in France, he was not the last condemned.<ref name = rfi>{{Citation | title = La dernière exécution capitale date de 30 ans | url = http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/093/article_56265.asp | publisher = Radio France internationale | date = 10 September 2007 }} (French)</ref>
== See also ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1=Mercer |first1=Jeremy |title=When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and Horrifying End to France's River of Blood,
* Jean-Yves Le Nahour, ''Le Dernier guillotiné'', Paris, [[Editis|First Editions]], 2011
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