Claude Buffet

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]

Claude Buffet
Born
Claude Gabriel Buffet

(1933-05-19)19 May 1933
Died28 November 1972(1972-11-28) (aged 39)
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
MotiveMoney
Conviction(s)Murder (15 October 1970)
Hostage crisis and murder with aggravating circumstances (29 June 1972)
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment (15 October 1970)
Death (29 June 1972)
Partner(s)Roger Bontems
Details
VictimsFrançoise Bésimensky, 26 (1967)
Nicole Comte, 35, and Guy Girardot, 27 (1971)
Date18 January 1967
21-22 September 1971
Location(s)Paris (1967)
Clairvaux Prison (1971)
WeaponsGun, knife
Date apprehended
8 February 1967
22 September 1971

References

  1. 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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