Hamida Djandoubi, the last person to be executed by guillotine in France, 10 September 1977

Hamida Djandoubi was the last person to be guillotined in France, at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. He died, headless on 10 September 1977.



The fearsome Guillotine machine!!!





The guillotine is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation, consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope, and the condemned's neck is positioned beneath it. The blade then falls rapidly, severing the head from the body. Death is instant.

Hamida Djandoubi, was a Tunisian immigrant who had been convicted of the torture and murder of 21-year-old Elisabeth Bousquet, his former girlfriend, in Marseille. Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner.

Born in Tunisia around 1949, in 1968 Djandoubi started living in Marseille and working in a grocery store. He went on to work as a landscaper but had a workplace accident in 1971 that resulted in the loss of two-thirds of his right leg.

In 1973, a 21-year-old woman named Elisabeth Bousquet, whom Djandoubi had met in the hospital while recovering from his amputation, filed a complaint against him, stating that he had tried to force her into prostitution.

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 to "work" for him.

Djandoubi deserved to be executed that way because in July 1974, he kidnapped Bousquet and took her into his home and in full view of the terrified girls, he beat the woman before stubbing a lit cigarette all over her breasts and genital area.

Djandoubi took her by car to the outskirts of Marseille and strangled her there.

On his return Djandoubi warned the two girls to say nothing of what they had seen. 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.

After a lengthy pre-trial process, Djandoubi eventually appeared in court in Aix-en-Provence on charges of torture-murder, rape and premeditated violence on 24 February 1977. His main defence revolved around the supposed effects of the amputation of his leg six years earlier which his lawyer claimed had driven him to a paroxysm of alcohol abuse and violence, turning him into a different man.

On 25 February 1977, he was condemned to death and at 4:40 a.m., 10th September 1977 he was executed by guillotining. He died as a headless man!!!!!

Other hardcore criminals executed by the guillotine in France were two child murderers Christian Ranucci (guillotined on 28 July 1976) and Jérôme Carrein (guillotined on 23 June 1977).

That is the story of Hamida Djandoubi, the last person executed via the fearsome guillotine in France.

Guillotine executions was abolished in France in 1981 following the election of François Mitterrand.

Malaysian man, charged with the murder of French tourist, Stephanie Foray, 23rd August 2011

The murder of French tourist, Stephanie Foray, shocked Malaysians as killing of foreign tourists are very very rare in Malaysia.






Pahang, the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia, is also home to Tioman, an enchanting island in the South China Sea . The Tioman island is blessed with a beautiful coastline, which offers endless tropical bliss for sun-seekers. However this island also witnessed the brutal death of a young French woman on the night of May 10 2011. Stephanie Foray breathed her last, far away from home. Rest in Peace.

Today, Tuesday 23rd August 2011, a Malaysian trader was charged in the Magistrate's Court in Pekan, Pahang with the murder of French tourist Stephanie Foray.


Asni Omar, the bastard beast from Hell being led by Malaysian Police at the Magistrate Court in Kuantan, Pahang on 23rd August 2011.

The brutal killer, Asni Omar, 36, just nodded when the charge was read before Magistrate Emma Shahriana Ali. No plea was recorded.

Asni is charged with murdering Foray, 30, at an unnumbered house in Kampung Tekek, Pulau Tioman between 8 pm on May 10, 2011 and 12 noon on Aug 12, 2011.

It was believed that Foray and the suspect Asni Omar, had been drinking together on the island and she was later killed after refusing his sexual advances, the New Straits Times quoted police sources as saying.

Asni faces the mandatory death sentence by hanging if found guilty under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

Emma Shahriana then ordered the case to be transferred to the High Court but did not set any date for the trial to start.

Prosecution is by Deputy Public Prosecutor Amalina Zainal Mokhtar.

Foray, a civil servant from Bour-en-Bresse, France, was reported missing since May 8, 2011.

Before arriving in Malaysia, Foray toured India.

She was reportedly last seen alive on the island on May 8, 2011.

She was said to be among more than 90 passengers who arrived in Tioman by ferry from Mersing and there was no record of her leaving the island, either by sea or by air.

The Malaysian police immediately launched an investigation following a report lodged by her family through the French embassy in Singapore, and found that Foray had gone to Pulau Tioman on May 10, 2011 and had not left the island since.

Further probe into the case led police to the discovery of human skeletal remains buried three metres deep in a cave at Tekek village on Monday, August 8, 2011, almost 3 months after her reported disappearance.

Blood samples have been collected from two family members of Foray to help in identifying the remains of Foray.

Foray's mother and sister arrived at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital morgue in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia on 12 August 2011.

It was learnt that they had flown in to Kuala Lumpur from France on Thursday, 11th August 2011 and reached Kuantan at about 7pm the same day.

Meanwhile the Malaysian police has given the assurance that Pulau Tioman is safe and tourists need not fear threats to their safety and security.

Pahang police chief Datuk Sharifuddin Abdul Ghani added that the murder case of French citizen Stephanie Foray was an isolated case and those responsible will be dealt according to the law.

“Tourists and residents on the island should not worry about their personal safety,” he was reportedly said by the Malaysian media.

Sharifuddin also conveyed his condolences to Foray’s family.

Well condolences to the Foray families, may justice be served swiftly. Rest in Peace Stephanie Foray, the killer has been found and will be ekecuted very soon.