Restivo, who admitted he had cut women's hair as he liked the touch and smell of it, put a clump of someone's hairin one of her hands and strands of her own hair under the other, the jury was told.
The artist sketched the queen, by then aged 37, as she passed by his window in a tumbrel, hair cut short and hands tied behind her back, ready for the guillotine.
Mr. Gupta a figure out of central casting with a square jaw, silver hair and distinguished bearing sat erect with his hands clasped in his lap during the trial.