Michael Clifford: ‘It was a mistake, judge, nothing more’

How a document falsely accusing Maurice McCabe of blackmail came to be written is the question currently at the centre of the Charleton inquiry, writes Michael Clifford.

How did a document falsely accusing Maurice McCabe of blackmail come to be written? That question is at the centre of the current inquiry of the Charleton Tribunal, which is examining alleged attempts to smear Sgt McCabe.