Niall Donald

Tell us exactly how that came about.

And did you have an idea then of what you were going to do, what you wanted to do, or was it... Yeah, Niall.

And did the prison officials, they were okay with...

At which point we always get knocked off because we're journalists.

And at this point, he's on remand though, isn't he?

He's waiting a trial for murder.

Quite Messiah-like, isn't he?

And the look of him at that point, you know, because I would have seen him in court.

Obviously, people saw him then when he came out.

The whole look, the long hair and the...

Yeah.

And at that point then, you know, you'd obviously known him as a child, really, had a child's perception of him, you know, just a man, you know, a pleasant man or, you know, a bit of a laugh.

Yes.

Did you get a different perception of him then as, you know, you're, you know, a person

a man, a fully grown man who's, you know, lived more of a life.

Did you feel a different perception of him at that point?

And obviously as well, he's at a very vulnerable position there because he's, you know, he doesn't know that he's ultimately going to be cleared of that murder.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So in a way, that's how you've staged your play, isn't it?