How sad if the investigation into the sadistic acts of a psychopath was to become a police circus in which the concept of 'innocent until proven guilty' was lost in the desperation to atone for past failures.

BBC: New Scotland Yard sign

"This attack is nothing but a sign of desperation by the terrorists, who've lost all their stronghold and are in complete decline right across Somalia, " he said.

CNN: Militants' attack kills 29 at Somali courthouse