Fourniret: Killer refuses to apologise

MICHEL FOURNIRET, 65, dubbed “the Ogre of the Ardennes”, has shown no remorse for his alleged crimes, prosecutors say, and one girl who managed to escape from him said he boasted that he was “far better” than Marc Dutroux, the Belgian paedophile and serial killer.

Investigators say that Fourniret planned to use his trial as a platform to parade before the world’s media — though yesterday he refused to speak unless tried behind closed doors.

Fourniret, who has admitted to seven murders, has said that he will not apologise for his crimes and has made a series of bizarre requests, demanding, for instance, that women on the jury certify that they were virgins at marriage.