-a-year boss of the charity, whose patron is the Princess of Wales , it was suggested that the royals were unaware of his criminal past. But as he insists as we sit down for a candid chat at Action for Children's headquarters in London's Holborn: 'I've never tried to hide it. I've never spoken in public about it, but I've told who needed to know – ministers, government officials, the Royal Foundation, the Charity Commission. The royals knew before my appointment was made public. 'It's on my record and it will always be on my record. But I've always tried to be respectful. I always knew that someone didn't have a son because of me. How would my mother feel?' Clearly nervous and distressed, just at the thought of discussing, in detail, what happened on that tragic summer's night in 1979. Carberry, 60, could not not look further removed from the events he is describing. Smartly dressed in a shirt and tie, the bespectacled, silver-haired Glaswegian still cannot quite believe it happened. 'Obviously, it's had a massive impact on my life,' he says. 'I mean, it's something that I regret every day of my life.' At the time, he was too drunk to remember exactly what had happened. It was only when he was woken u){kind=link}
Action for Children’s Paul Carberry stabbed a man to death as a youth. He opens up about guilt, forgiveness and a lifetime of making amends
Each and every day, there is a moment when Paul Carberry thinks about the man he killed as a teenager and the impact his actions have had on both of their families.
The children’s charity boss was 16 when he stabbed John Murray, 20, to death on a train taking Scottish football fans to London for a match against England at Wembley in May 1979.
Forty-three years on and Carberry has turned his life around as a married father-of-three who, in March, was appointed the chief executive of Action for Children.
Recent reports about the murder conviction have prompted him to speak out about what happened – and the profound impact it has had on his life and work.