During his 23-year appointment Allen was chief
executioner at 29 hangings, and an assistant at a further 53, with perhaps his most controversial case that of James Hanratty, who was convicted of the infamous A6 murder and hanged at Bedford prison on April 4, 1962.
From as young as 11, Albert aspired to be an 'official
executioner' - and he achieved his dream career, eventually becoming one of Britain's most prolific hangmen.
At the age of 11, he wrote in an essay: "When I leave school, I should like to be the Official
Executioner."
When asked at school to write about what job he would like to do, Albert Pierrepoint said: "When I leave school I should like to be public
executioner like my dad is, because it needs a steady man with good hands like my dad and my Uncle Tom and I shall be the same."
Replying to a question from the media about Priyanka Gandhi Vadra calling the Prime Minister Duryodhan (a villainous character from mythological Mahabharata), Rabri said, "Vadra should have called the Prime Minister an
executioner because he has been responsible for killing judges and journalists."
Christofi's execution was carried out on the morning of December 15, 1954, at 9am, by one of the world's most famous
executioners, Albert Pierrepoint.
'Don sa labas pwede kang maging berdugo, may hawak kang armas, may hawak kang mga tao, eh doon wala naman siyang hawak (He cannot be an
executioner there.
Fauntleroy's eyes were stated as "being closed and his hands pinioned" while the
executioner placed him on the trap door of the gallows.
Enraged at the news of an eight-year-old girl brutally raped, mutilated and murdered in Gujarat's Surat, the 62-year-old Chairman of automobiles giant Mahindra Group on Sunday shot off an angry tweet: "The job of
executioner is not an aspirational job.
Along with Batarfi, the State Department also placed a Belgian citizen and a Briton suspected of being an IS
executioner on its Specially Designated Global Terrorist List, a designation that allows the government to impose sanctions and freeze assets and property.
They were accused of terror offences in Turkey alongside Islamic State
executioner Aine Davis.
THIS is the stalker who described himself as a "public
executioner" in terrifying tweets to actress Keira Knightley.
James Henry Clarkson, Guisborough Age: 19 Crime: Murder Date of execution: March 29, 1904 Execution place: Leeds
Executioner: William Billington Clarkson murdered Elizabeth Mary Lynas, 12, by cutting her throat in a yard at 9 Bennison Street, Guisborough, on December 27, 1903.
In late May, the Iraqi army and Hashd al-Shaabi killed scores of Takfiri terrorists, including two senior ISIL commanders and a chief
executioner, in a tough battle with them near al-Sharqat city.
