He had a reputation for shoplifting, burglary and violence, when he suddenly graduated to murder.
IT was a typical Thursday night in 1970s downtown Glasgow with violence always lingering in the background.
Collins stabbed him a second time, between the ribs. Just to be sure, he stabbed him again."I went f***ing completely berserk," he would later recall. Collins had spent almost 10 years in young offenders' institutions and jails before the life sentence and was clearly out of control. In return, he claimed he was beaten unconscious, suffered broken ribs, shattered feet and a fractured skull.
Prison officers at the time had nicknames like Slasher, Square Go and Undertaker and revelled in their own notoriety. He added:"You knew when you were in for a doing because they always made you take your shoes off at the door so it was harder for you to hurt them. He carved stone animals for Edinburgh Zoo, leaving them rough to the touch to enable blind people to visualise them.In 1983 he designed the set for Death in Custody, a play about solitary confinement, and was allowed out to see it at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
He never shied away from his past and often expressed shame over killing Mooney. When asked if he was sorry in an interview, he said:"Of course I'm sorry for what I did. The second I looked in his eyes and saw he was dying, I felt like a monster. I've carried the ghost of Willie Mooney on my back every day since.
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