‘Grumpy’ justice is not blind to victims’ plight

Mr Justice Paul Carney’s apology to Fiona Doyle was likely to be genuine, reports Caroline O’Doherty

MR Justice Paul Carney claims to have wiped from his memory by 4.10pm each day all the grim details he has heard up to 4pm — but a former colleague doesn’t believe the judge could swear that under oath.

“When you look down from the bench in the Central Criminal Court, you’re looking into the faces of victims and families. He might say ‘that was a month ago — I don’t remember it’, but there is stuff you can’t forget.”