Drawn to the dark side

WORKING in the Central Criminal Court, I am aware of its highly-charged nature.

There are all kinds of emotions and this was certainly the case in Eamonn Lillis’s murder trial. He was accused of the murder of his wife, Celine Cawley.

A hushed silence enveloped the packed gallery each morning he entered. He adopted the same pose each day, sitting forward, appearing to write, or study and re-study notes — rarely raising his head. His disposition was one of calm and dignity. Eamonn Lillis was my first of many subjects.