Jacques Fesch (6 April 1930 – 1 October 1957) was a French criminal who was convicted of the murder of police officer Jean Vergne in February 1954.

Fesch illegally pocketed funds in this position and spent it on frivolous purchases to impress women he dated in extramarital affairs.

Around the same time, Fesch's mother reached out to him and offered her son 1 million francs to fund a coal company to rival the Polacks, stating that she wanted Fesch to "quickly get away from the grubby paws of those dirty Jews" ("tirer au plus vite des pattes de ces sales juifs ").

In 1952, Fesch's deception was eventually discovered by his in-laws, who threw him out, with his wife and infant daughter Véronique staying at the home.

[1] In December 1953, Fesch met Thérèse Troniou and with her, he fathered an illegitimate son, Gérard, who was put into the foster system.

Disillusioned with his life, Fesch dreamed of escaping to sail around the South Pacific Ocean, but his parents refused to pay for a boat.

Realising that Fesch was robbing the place, Robbe immediately left the premises and called for help outside, shouting "Quick, my best friend is doing something stupid" ("Vite, mon meilleur ami est en train de faire une bêtise").

Silberstein was able to raise the alarm, startling Fesch, who dropped his gun and, while picking it back up, accidentally shot himself in the left hand.

[1][9][10] Fesch was chased by several passerby, but lost them by hiding on the fifth floor of an apartment building on 9 Boulevard des Italiens.

[11] Murdering a police officer was a heinous crime and public opinion, inflamed by newspaper reports, was strongly in favour of his execution.

[1][2] Early into his imprisonment, Fesch was indifferent to his plight and mocked the Catholic faith of his lawyer Paul Baudet, whom he nicknamed : "the panther of God".

He corresponded regularly with a Catholic monk from his hometown, Brother Thomas, and his family, notably his mother and mother-in-law, who sent him material related to the Three Secrets of Fátima and kept a spiritual journal.

[18][19][20] This has proved controversial, with those who feel his early crimes make him unfitting as a role model opposed to those who emphasize the hope of his final conversion.

Inspired by the true events of this "murderer turned Christian," the students of Ss Cyril and Method High School in Nitra, Slovakia, under the direction of Maria Marthe Galová, wrote and performed a theatrical play, "Spomeň si na mňa" (Remember Me), which is based on the life and conversion of Jacques.The play premiered on March 11, 2018, in the Andrej Bagar Theatre, Nitra.