GUBU events of the past outlined in opening speech

A packed Court Three shows the huge level of interest in the case, writes Michael Clifford.

THE past echoed through Court Three of the Round Hall in the Four Courts yesterday. The recent past was parsed by counsel for Ian Bailey in the opening speech of his action against the State for wrongful arrest.

Tom Creed gave a run through the last 18 years of Bailey’s life who, the counsel said, had been “vilified and demonised” as a result of being fingered for a crime he didn’t commit.