In a gamble to put across his side of the story, the fallen icon decided to submit himself to a TV grilling. He would answer all the awkward questions, and deal with the allegations of wrongdoing. But just as Prince Andrew’s interview with the BBC backfired in 2019, so did businessman Sean Quinn’s in the epic documentary Quinn Country shown over three nights on RTÉ this week. Quinn made a mistake too that is common among those wrapped up in their own sense of victimhood: showing a lack of compassion for the victim of a crime.   “Why would I bother…

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