18.55, Tuesday 1 Oct 2002

"A miniature replica of a guillotine which he made for his father when he was 15 has pride of place in a glass box. A pair of spectacles which he keeps in the coffin-basket belonged to one of his victims. But on top of the box - bizarrely - is a "Billy the Bass" singing fish". The executioner's tale. And they say exposure to violence doesn't desensitise a person.