Ian Bailey case judge should have intervened

My dealings with the legal profession have been most satisfactory, so I have no axe to grind. That said, is it not time that we, the citizens, through our elected representatives, insisted on intervening — not interfering, but intervening — in the cosy game that is played out in our courts?

I say ‘game’, because the judge behaves just like a football referee who thinks “if the Cork selectors had any sense, they would take Joe Bloggs off and bring on John Doe, but it is none of my business, tactics are up to them.”

Fine in a football match, but in a court case?