Claude Buffet
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Claude Buffet | |
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| Born | Claude Gabriel Buffet 19 May 1933 |
| Died | 28 November 1972 (aged 39) |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Motive | Money |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (15 October 1970) Hostage crisis and murder with aggravating circumstances (29 June 1972) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (15 October 1970) Death (29 June 1972) |
| Partner(s) | Roger Bontems |
| Details | |
| Victims | Françoise Bésimensky, 26 (1967) Nicole Comte, 35, and Guy Girardot, 27 (1971) |
| Date | 18 January 1967 21-22 September 1971 |
| Location(s) | Paris (1967) Clairvaux Prison (1971) |
| Weapons | Gun, knife |
Date apprehended | 8 February 1967 22 September 1971 |
Claude Buffet (19 May 1933 – 28 November 1972) was a French criminal who was executed along with his accomplice, Roger Bontems (1936–1972), on 28 November 1972 by guillotine at La Santé Prison and buried at Ivry Cemetery. Both men had been convicted of the murders of prison warder Guy Girardot and prison nurse Nicole Comte in 1971, whom they had taken hostage while Buffet was already serving a life sentence in Clairvaux Prison. Robert Badinter was their defence lawyer.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Farnsworth, Clyde H. (29 November 1972). "French Argue Death Penalty Anew as 2 Are Guillotined". New York Times. p. 20. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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- 1933 births
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- People from Reims
- Burials at Ivry Cemetery
- 20th-century French criminals
- French prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by France
- Executed French people
- French people convicted of murder
- People convicted of murder by France
- People executed by France by guillotine
- People executed by the French Fifth Republic
- People executed for murder