Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented treatment of killer

MALCOLM Macarthur is back in the news with the report that the Parole Board has recommended that he be moved to an open prison pending his release, as the board feels that he is no danger to society.

For the past 20 years he has been a model prisoner. Even the man convicted of involvement in the Mountbatten murders served much less time than he.

But Macarthur's main mistake is being implicated in a crime that was, and still could be, used to embarrass Charlie Haughey.