Why didn’t this State give the last civic right to a murdered citizen?

THE decision to avoid holding the murder trial of Christopher Newman in this country is puzzling, to say the least. It needs to be explained.

Newman brutally killed young Irishwoman Georgina Eager.

In the absence of a frank and rational answer as to why the trial took place before an English jury at the Inner London Crown Court, public speculation will be fuelled by deep suspicion that justice was not entirely served.