Editorial
Will prisons, police and G4S escape accountability just as Bester did?
Beyond the audacity, and the inevitable public sentiment that celebrates clever crooks, the public deserves answers
02 April 2023 - 00:01
Nothing quite captures the public imagination like a master criminal whose actions are so audacious and brazen, so calculated and clever, that we law-abiding mortals can only look on with a mixture of awe and admiration. And the one big unanswered question: how did they get away with it? ..
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