Albert Pierrepoint kept the pocket book throughout his 25-year career of executing up to 400 convicted murderers, traitors and Nazi war criminals. Above: The entry showing Ruth Ellis.
That was the last thing Mancini ever said but, extraordinary though his composure was, it was more than matched by that of the man about to kill him, 36-year-old Albert Pierrepoint.
Albert Pierrepoint kept the pocket book throughout his 25 year career, in which he detailed information on the more 400 people he executed, including 200 Nazi war criminals.