EX-GANGSTER* 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, 85, who has spent more than

[Joe Chi Minh]

half of his life in prison, appeared on Sky News the other day. Afterwards, he told them: 'I'm not leavng the studios until I've had my £100 appearance fee.' My source says: 'Nobody can remember the office safe being opened so quickly.'

From yesterday's Ephraim Hardcastle's column in the (UK) Daily Mail.

* I believe he related how he tortured an innocent bloke in South Africa by accident - I think pulling out his fingernails with pliers. But please don't quote me on that, should your paths cross.