WHEN, in 1980, the late Lord Denning made his infamous “an appalling vista” remark, about the integrity of the convictions of the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four, his great concern, later confirmed, was that a trusted, essential arm of the state — Britain’s Midlands Police — had lied to secure those dishonest convictions.

AN American foster father arrested for multiple child rape in one of the worst cases of abuse in the US was tracked down with the help of an Irish team of experts.