Guy Georges

Guy Georges
Born	15 October 1962 Vitry-le-François, France
Other names	The Beast of the Bastille
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment
Killings
Victims	7
Span of killings	24 January 1991–16 November 1997
Country	France
Date apprehended	26 March 1998

Guy Georges (born Guy Rampillon, 15 October 1962) is a French serial killer, dubbed "The Beast of the Bastille", who was convicted of murdering seven women between 1991 and 1997.

Biography

Born Guy Rampillon to a French mother and a Black American father (George Cartwright, a soldier ) who abandoned him as a small child.^[1]

From 1991 to 1997, Guy Georges assaulted, tortured, raped and killed seven women in the neighbourhood of the famed Revolutionary-era Parisian prison, the Bastille.^[2]

Georges was arrested on 26 March 1998 and admitted his guilt to police. Described by psychiatrists as a "narcissistic psychopath",^[3] he was sentenced in April 2001 to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole for 22 years.^[4][5][6]

Victims

Murders

• 24 January 1991– Pascale Escarfail, 19 (raped and murdered)
• 7 January 1994 – Catherine Rocher, 27 (raped and murdered)
• 8 November 1994 – Elsa Benady, 22 (raped and murdered)
• 10 December 1994 – Agnes Nijkamp, Dutch, 33 (raped and murdered)
• 8 July 1995 – Hélène Frinking, 27 (raped and murdered)
• 23 September 1997 – Magalie Sirotti, 19 (raped and murdered)
• 16 November 1997 – Estelle Magd, 25 (raped and murdered)

Other crimes

• 1976 – Roselyne (adoptive sister), attempted strangulation
• 1978 – Christiane (adoptive sister), attempted strangulation
• February 1979 – Pascale C., attempted strangulation
• May 1980 – Jocelyne S., attacked
• May 1980 – Roselyne C., attacked, stabbed in face
• 16 November 1981 – Nathalie C., 18, raped, stabbed and left for dead
• 7 June 1982 - Violette K., raped, stabbed and strangled but escaped
• February 1984 – Pascale N., 21, raped, stabbed but escaped
• 22 April 1992 – Éléonore D., assaulted
• 13 January 1994 – Annie L., attacked
• June 1995 – Élisabeth O., assaulted
• 25 August 1995 - Mélanie B., assaulted
• October 1997 - Valérie L., assaulted

In media

• Beast of the Bastille (Guy Georges). Format: DVD-R. Number of Discs: 1. Run Time: 50 Minutes. ISBN 1-4229-1594-8
• The Beast of the Bastille: Guy Georges, Crime & Investigation Network, 44 Minutes, Size: 318 MB, Certificate: 12 / 7pm
• L'Affaire SK1, 2014 French film

References

1. Crime File - Famous criminal - Beast of Bastille : Guy Georges, Crime & Investigation Network
2. Police frustrated in 'Beast of Bastille' inquiry, BBC News, February 19, 1998
3. 'Beast of Bastille' admits to killings, The Daily Telegraph, March 28, 2001
4. Man on trial for Paris serial killings, BBC News, March 19, 2001
5. Paris serial killer finally admits guilt, BBC News, March 27, 2001
6. Life sentence for Paris serial killer, BBC News, April 5, 2001

External links

• The Beast of Bastille
• (French) Guy Georges (biography)