In the courtroom, Michael Mansfield's eye for detail has helped forge his reputation as one of Britain's most eminent barristers. But a curious case involving the QC's memoirs and gruesome multiple murders that never happened have called into question his powers of recollection.
Mr Mansfield has been forced to change a section of his recently-published book and issue an unequivocal apology after a complaint from a convicted murderer he once represented.
John Bowden, who has been serving a life sentence for the killing of the park-keeper Donald Ryan since 1982, claimed that Mr Mansfield attributed crimes to him that he never committed – describing him as a serial killer who targeted homosexuals and alcoholics.
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