Hamida Djandoubi Arabic حميدة جندوبي September 22 1949 – September 10 1977 was a Tunisian agricultural worker and convicted murderer He moved to Marseille France in 1968 and six years later he kidnapped tortured and murdered 22 year old Élisabeth Bousquet his former girlfriend He was sentenced to death in February 1977 and executed by guillotine in September that year