We can’t let the 'Cookie Monster' and fear control us, for our kids’ sake

Eamon Cooke has put a face on our irrational fear of the man in the white van, writes Victoria White.

I am terrified of Cookie Monster. And now I know he is out there, or someone like him.

Before the new evidence linking Eamon Cooke to the murder of Philip Cairns emerged last week I was one of the sceptics. I didn’t believe strangers bundled children into their cars, raped them and killed them.