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A true rock ’n’ roll persona, the artist was once rarely seen without a drooping cigarette and a top hat, the latter of which could barely contain his face-engulfing curly hair.

He later bought cigarettes and used Ms Westcarr-Sabaroche's phone to text her friend, pretending to be the victim.

"The fire seemed to come out of nowhere," the 45-year-old tells the BBC in a melancholic voice, raspy from years of smoking cigarettes.

“Hey, Mom,” he said, holding a cigarette burned down to the filter.

He asked the 14-year-old girl to sit on his lap after going into the garden for a cigarette, which she described as feeling "a bit strange", prosecutors said.