A man has gone on trial in Moscow accused of killing at least 49 people.The Russian media has dubbed him the "Bitsevsky Maniac" after the park in southern Moscow where most of the murders were carried out.
The accused man, Alexander Pichushkin, far from denying his crimes, claimed he actually killed many more people.
Many Russians would like to see him executed but, as Russia has suspended the use of death penalty, he faces instead a sentence of life in jail.
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