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Guy Georges
was a French rapist and serial killer who preyed on attractive,
young, energetic women, whom he assaulted, tortured, raped and
killed between 1976 and 1997. He was dubbed the ‘Beast of
Bastille’ due to the fact that several of his attacks occurred in
the Bastille quarter, an east Parisian neighbourhood. Following
the largest manhunt in French criminal history, Georges was
arrested in 1998 and sentenced in 2001 to life imprisonment,
without the possibility of parole for 22 years...
Profile
He was born Guy Rampillon, on 15th October 1962
in Angers, France, to an American father and a French mother. His
father, George Cartwright, was a soldier who worked as a cook on
the NATO bases. Abandoned by his parents when he was very young,
Guy was taken in by the DDASS, the French social welfare service.
He was placed with a foster family and at the
age of six, to aid in his adoption, was given the surname Georges,
after his father. He was adopted by the Morins and grew up in a
family of 12 adopted children. The young Georges never really
received the love, attention and stability he needed and soon
began to show a violent and aggressive streak in his personality.
The Crime
In his first violent attack, at the age of 14,
Georges tried to strangle Roselyne D, one of his mentally disabled
adoptive sisters, in 1976. Two years later, he attacked another of
his adoptive sisters, Christiane D. Concerned for the welfare of
her family, Mrs Morin arranged for Georges to return to the
authorities.
Placed again in foster care,
Georges was unable to control his violent urges and on 6th
February 1979 he struck again. He attacked a girl, Pascale C, and
tried to strangle her but she managed to escape. He was arrested
by police but released after a week. Rejected by his foster family,
Georges became increasingly depressed and turned to alcohol for
solace.
A year later, the 17-year-old Georges attacked
Jocelyne S in May 1980. Later that month he assaulted Roselyne C,
stabbing her violently in her face. Both girls survived their
attacks and Georges was arrested once more and sent to prison for
a year in Angers, in the Loire region. Upon his release from
prison, Georges moved to Paris with a friend. Here he lived in
squats in the east of the city. No one suspected Georges of being
the serial killer he was. He committed petty crimes to survive,
drank extensively and befriended young people interested in left-wing
politics.
A month after his 19th birthday, Georges
committed his first rape. On 16th November 1981 he attacked
Nathalie C, a neighbour, as she was returning home. He raped her,
stabbed her and left her for dead. Incredibly Nathalie C survived
the attack.
Following a five-month prison term for theft,
Georges attacked again. On 7th June 1982 in a car park of the 16th
arrondissement, he raped, stabbed and strangled Violette K but she
managed to escape and went to the police. A few days later,
Georges was arrested and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Shortly after his release, Georges attacked
Pascale N, 21, in a car park, where he raped and stabbed her in
February 1984. She managed to break free and run away. Later that
evening, police arrested Georges.
In 1985 he was sentenced at the Court of
Assizes of Meurthe-et-Moselle to 10 years imprisonment. Due to
good behaviour, towards the end of his sentence, Georges was
allowed out of prison during the day but was required to report
back each evening to spend the night.
On the evening of 24th January
he simply did not report to prison and instead travelled to Paris
to commit his first murder. He spotted an attractive young woman
walking down the road. It was 19-year-old Pascale Escarfail, a
student at the Sorbonne. Following her home, Georges grabbed her
as she was opening her front door. Holding a knife to her throat,
he forced his way in, tied her up and raped her, before slitting
her throat and watching her die. A week after the murder, Georges
calmly returned to prison as if nothing was amiss.
Released from prison on 4th April 1992, Georges
wasted no time in finding another young female victim. On 22nd
April 1992 he attacked Eleonore D, who escaped and reported the
incident to the police. Georges was arrested once more.
On 7th January 1994 Georges attacked Catherine
Rock, 27, in an underground parking garage, where he raped and
murdered her. A mere six days later, Georges struck again. His
victim was radio host Annie L, whom he raped and murdered on the
patio of her home on 13th January 1994.
Georges’ next attack was on 8th November 1994
in the underground parking garage of 22-year-old Elsa Benady’s
home in the 13th arrondissement, where he raped and killed her. A
month later, on 10th December 1994, he raped and murdered Dutch
architect Agnes Nijkamp, 33, in her home in the 11th
arrondissement. The media began to report a ‘Killer in East
Paris’.
In June 1995, Georges attacked Elisabeth O and
tried to kill her but she made a narrow escape. On 8th July 1995
Georges raped and murdered Helena Frinking, 27, in her apartment
after she returned from an evening out. Georges assaulted Melanie
B on 25th August 1995 in the Marais quarter.
Some progress was being made in the police
investigation into the ‘Killer of East Paris’. However, whilst
Elisabeth O had managed to give a vague description of her
attacker, when shown a picture of Georges, she failed to identify
him. Police did have DNA traces left at two crime scenes by the
same individual and a footprint found at the location of the
Helena Frinking crime.
In September 1997, Georges
attacked and attempted to rape Estelle F but she fought him and
escaped. A few days later, on 23rd September 1997, he broke into
the apartment of 19-year-old student, Magalie Sirotti, where he
raped and stabbed her to death.
Five days later, Georges assaulted Valerie L in
the stairwell of her apartment block, on 28th October 1997. Less
than a month after that, Georges entered the home of Estelle Magd,
25, where he raped and murdered her on 16th November 1997. This
was to be the last victim of ‘The Beast of Bastille’.
The Arrest
Police investigation was finally gaining
impetus and investigators knew for certain that several of their
unsolved crimes were linked and that they potentially had a serial
killer on their hands. The media frenzy surrounding the killings
had unleashed a level of panic in the population of Paris. Georges
was being dubbed the ‘Beast of Bastille’ due to the fact that
several of his attacks had occurred in the Bastille quarter, the
famed Revolutionary era Parisian neighbourhood.
It was one of the largest manhunts in French
criminal history. Police finally found Georges in Montmartre and
arrested him on 27th March 1998 for the rape and murder of Pascale
Escarfail, Catherine Rock, Elsa Benady and Agnes Nijkamp. It
transpired that Georges’ DNA matched that found at all four crime
scenes, as well as at one attempted rape. Confronted whilst in
custody with the irrefutable DNA evidence, Georges confessed to
these four, as well as three other murders.
Kept in custody, Georges tried to escape in
December 2000; a few weeks before his trial was due to begin. He
and three cellmates attempted to saw through the bars of their
cell but were caught by prison guards. Georges was assessed by
psychiatrists and declared legally sane and fit to stand trial.
The Trial
The three-week trial began on Monday 19th March
2001. The 50 witnesses included four women previously attacked and
raped by Georges. Amongst those giving evidence were 15 experts;
members of the families of some of Georges’ victims; and Georges’
71-year-old foster mother.
Despite prosecutor Evelyne Lesieur presenting
the DNA evidence as well as the confession given after his arrest,
Georges pleaded not guilty to all charges at trial. He retracted
his confession, claiming the police had tortured and beaten him to
obtain it.
Eight days into the proceedings, a defeated
Georges broke down in tears and confessed. He admitted to the
original four murders, as well as to the rape and murder of Helena
Frinking in 1995, Magalie Sirotti in 1997 and Estelle Magd in
1997, asking for forgiveness from the victims’ families.
On Thursday 5th April 2001 Guy Georges, 38, was
sentenced to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole
for 22 years, for the rape and murder of seven women between 1991
and 1997.
Citv.com.au
Guy Georges (born Guy Rampillon,
October 15, 1962, in Vitry-le-François, France) 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 an
American father (George Cartwright, a soldier) who abandoned him
as a small child.
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.
Georges was arrested on March 26, 1998 and
admitted his guilt to police. Described by psychiatrists as a "narcissistic
psychopath", he was sentenced in April 2001 to life imprisonment,
without the possibility of parole for 22 years.
Victims
Murders
January 24, 1991 – Pascale Escarfail, 19 (raped and murdered)
January 7, 1994 – Catherine Rocher, 27 (raped and murdered)
November 8, 1994 – Elsa Benady, 22 (raped and murdered)
December 10, 1994 – Agnes Nijkamp, Dutch, 33 (raped and
murdered)
July 8, 1995 – Hélène Frinking, 27 (raped and murdered)
September 23, 1997 – Magalie Sirotti, 19 (raped and murdered)
November 16, 1997 – Estelle Magd, 25 (raped and murdered)
February 1979 – Pascale C., attempted strangulation
May 1980 – Jocelyne S., attacked
May 1980 – Roselyne C., attacked, stabbed in face
November 16, 1981 – Nathalie C., 18, raped, stabbed and left
for dead
June 7, 1982 - Violette K., raped, stabbed and strangled but
escaped
February 1984 – Pascale N., 21, raped, stabbed but escaped
April 22, 1992 – Éléonore D., assaulted
January 13, 1994 – Annie L., attacked
June 1995 – Élisabeth O., assaulted
August 25, 1995 - Mélanie B., assaulted
October 1997 - Valérie L., assaulted
Wikipedia.org
Life sentence for Paris serial killer
April 5, 2001
A Paris court sentenced the 38-year-old serial killer
Guy Georges to life in prison for the rape and murder of seven women in
the 1990s.
Georges - who was dubbed the "Beast of the
Bastille" - faces a minimun 22 years in jail, but it is possible he
will never be released after psychiatrists warned that he could not be
cured of his desire to kill.
Following his confession last week, he consistently
asked for forgiveness from the victims' families.
Before the verdict was delivered he told the court
that, whatever the sentence, he was unlikely to serve it as he was
considering suicide.
"You can rest assured, I know that I will never
leave prison. But I can assure you that I will never serve my sentence"
he said.
And he added: "The sentence that you are going to
impose me is nothing, I will inflict a sentence upon myself".
Victims
He started the trial saying he was innocent, but
reversed his plea after his lawyer told him it was time to talk.
Georges was arrested in March 1998, and admitted his
guilt to police, but later retracted his confession, claiming the police
had beaten it out of him.
His seven victims had their throats cut after being
raped. All were single, aged between 19 and 27.
Some were attacked in car parks; others were followed
to their homes and killed there.
Police said his victims were all attractive women, who
appeared energetic and successful.
Georges continues to deny four other sex attacks with
which he is charged.
Bungling claims
The trial followed one of France's biggest manhunts,
which was beset by claims of police bungling.
Officers failed to match up DNA results for several
months, and at least one murder was committed while George was on day
release from prison.
Georges, whose father was an American cook working at
Nato bases, was raised by a foster family after being abandoned by his
parents.
He had previously been jailed for a number of offences,
including knifepoint attacks on women committed when he was a teenager.
Paris serial killer finally admits guilt
Tuesday, 27 March, 2001
Georges is accused of a seven-year reign of
fear
A Frenchman accused of being the serial killer known
as the Beast of Bastille has finally confessed to the crimes in court.
Guy Georges, 38, broke down in tears after asking the
victims' families to forgive him.
He had pleaded not guilty to raping and murdering
seven young women in Paris's Bastille district in the 1990s.
But more than week into his trial he admitted his
guilt, after his lawyer told him it was time to talk.
"I ask forgiveness from my family, from my little
sister, from my father, and from God, if there is one". Guy Georges
Georges spoke in a barely audible voice to answer
"Yes" as each of the seven murder charges were put to him.
"I ask forgiveness from my family, from my little
sister, from my father, and from God, if there is one. I ask forgiveness
from myself," said Georges.
Georges now faces a life sentence without becoming
eligible for parole for more than 20 years.
Fifty witnesses had been lined up to give evidence
against him and the court heard that DNA evidence linked him several of
the murders.
"The moment has come to talk about things".
George's lawyer Alex Ursulet
Georges was arrested in March 1998, and admitted his
guilt to police, but later retracted his confession, claiming the police
had beaten it out of him.
His seven victims had their throats cut after being
raped. All were single, aged between 19 and 27.
Some were attacked in car parks; others were followed
to their homes and killed there.
Georges continues to deny four other sex attacks with
which he is charged.
Bungling claims
The trial followed one of France's biggest manhunts,
which was beset by claims of police bungling.
Officers failed to match up DNA results for several
months, and at least one murder was committed while George was on day
release from prison.
Georges, whose father was an American cook working at
Nato bases, was raised by a foster family after being abandoned by his
parents.
He has previously been jailed for a number of offences,
including knifepoint attacks on women committed when he was a teenager.
Man on trial for Paris serial killings
Monday, 19 March, 2001
A Frenchman accused of killing seven women in Paris in
the 1990s has gone on trial in Paris.
Guy Georges, 38, is said to have stalked his victims
in the city's Bastille district before raping and murdering them.
Prosecutors claim they have DNA evidence and
fingerprints linking Georges to at least three of the killings.
After his arrest in 1998, he admitted most of the
killings, but his lawyers say he will plead not guilty.
Manhunt
All the women who died were single, aged between 19
and 27. Some were attacked in car parks; others were followed to their
homes and killed there.
The trial, which follows one the French police's
biggest manhunts, is also on a huge scale. Fifty witnesses and 15
experts are due to give evidence.
The witnesses include four women who were allegedly
attacked by Georges but survived.
The women, whose full names have not been released,
say they were raped and sexually assaulted at knifepoint.
Foster mother
Families of some of those who died will also testify,
along with Georges' 71-year-old foster mother.
The hunt for the "Beast of Bastille" has
been beset by claims of police bungling.
Officers failed to match up DNA results for several
months, while at least one murder was allegedly committed while George
was on day release from prison.
Georges, whose father was a American cook who working
at Nato bases, was raised by a foster family after being abandoned by
his parents.
He has previously been jailed for a number of offences,
including knifepoint attacks on women committed when he was a teenager.
He faces life in prison if convicted of the murders.
The trial is expected to last two weeks.
Guy Georges
From 1991 to 1997 the lethal "Beast of
Bastille" is suspected of having tortured, raped and killed seven
women in the neighborhood of the famed Revolutionary era Parisian prison.
On March 27, 1998, French police, in the largest manhunt in French
criminal history, picked up Georges -- who was a vagrant at the time --
in Montmartre after police DNA-matched him to four Beast of Bastille
murders and one attempted rape. In custody he confessed to three more
murders.
The attacker allegedly stalked his victims for several
days before making his move. He would then engage them in conversation
and talked his way into their apartments. Once inside he would bound
them to the bed, rape and torture them, then he would slit their throats.
Embarrasing local authorities, Guy's DNA profile had
been on record for at least three years and investigators continually
overlooked it. When authorities finally connected the Beast cases to him
they discovered he had already given evidence in one of the murder in
1995.
Described as "unstable", Georges is said to
be a persistent sexual offender who has been living in cheap hotels and
squats in Paris for some time. In court, Georges was described by the
public prosecutor as "the incarnation of evil" and
psychiatrists warned that he could not be cured of his desire to kill.
Born and raised in Angers, he is also being questioned about three rapes
and murders committed between 1991 and 1994. All the victims were young
women, some found tied to their beds with knife or razor cuts to their
throats.
Georges' trial started March 19, 2001 after
authorotoes determined he was legally sane. In court Georges' 71-year-old
foster mother, Jeanne Morin, said he was "a sensational child."
Georges told the court that his biological parents, an American soldier
and a French woman, abandoned him when he was just an infant. The Morin
family, who had seven children of their own, then took him in.
Psychiatrists told the court that Georges was a "narcissistic
psychopath," and one doctor likened him to a cat that catches birds
through natural impulse. Police said his victims were all attractive
women, who appeared energetic and successful. "He is a diabolical
personality...the incarnation of evil," public prosecutor Evelyne
Lesieur told the court.
Georges began the three-week trial insisting he was
innocent, but later confessed in the face of overwhelming evidence and
emotion-charged testimony from families of the victims. On April 5,
after admitting to the murders, Georges was sentenced life in prison
with no parole for 22 years. The verdict upheld the penalty state
prosecutors had requested. Before the verdict was delivered, Georges
turned to the victims' families and asked the court not to impose a life
sentence. "I am nearly 40 years old and I will never get out."
Georges also asked for forgiveness from the families
and indicated to the court that he might commit suicide. "The
sentence that you are going to impose on me is nothing, I will inflict a
sentence upon myself," he said. "Twenty two years. That's
nothing. Life is life. You can rest assured, I will never leave prison.
But I can tell you that I won't serve this sentence."
