'The knight in shining armour'

Asked by police how he guessed his friends had been brought in for questioning specifically for the crime of rape, Rory Harrison replied: “Quite often, it's at the forefront of your mind when it's high profile sports people.”

Sports stars are often “drawn into that stuff,” he added. “All over the news, that's what you see.”

The "stars" he was talking about in this instance were Ireland rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart ...