It’s easy in incidents such as the Raoul Moat case to see everything in black and white. Good v.Bad. But often this is not the case.

So while many seem to view him as some kind of anti-hero, fighting the establishment etc, others such as D Cameron call him a callous killer, I tend to look on the whole case as tragic for all concerned.

The loss of life is always tragic and now that we learn that he himself was concerned about his state of mind and had asked for psychiatric help then that gives us a new twist. Then we shouldn’t forget the other victims – shot Samantha Stobbart, 22, killed Chris Brown and wounded Pc David Rathbandand and their families.

And finally, and certainly not least there is the children who do not have a father.

Arguably another person failed by society who turned on society. If that ain’t tragic I don’t know what is.