the case was "such as to deny the appellant [Bentley] the fair trial which is the birthright of every British citizen". Bingham also, however, acknowledged that Goddard was "one of the outstanding criminal judges of the century", and underlined the change in social standards between 1953 and 1998. Bentley was not, contrary to occasional media reports, acquitted; but in view of the passage of time it is scarcely possible that he would ever have been retried. The decision to review the case decades after Bentley's death was not without criticism. In popular culture and legal legend Lord Goddard was portrayed by the actor Michael Gough in the film Let Him Have It in 1991. In "Prisoner and Escort", the first episode of the popular 1973 sitcom Porridge, Norman Stanley Fletcher says about strict and authoritarian Prison Officer Mackay: "I bet he's the secretary of the Lord Chief Justice Goddard appreciation society". A remark referring to strict views on criminals, society and justice which Mackay and Goddard largely shared. According to his clerk, Goddard ejaculated when passing a death sentence on such a regular basis, that a fresh pair of trousers had to be brought to court on those occasions. References Lord Goddard: His career and cases by Glyn Jones and Eric Grimshaw (Allan Wingate, London, 1958). Lord Goddard: My Years With the Lord Chief Justice by Arthur Smith (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1959) is a sympathetic biography by Goddard's chief clerk. "To Encourage the Others" by David Yallop (Allen 1971). The first authoritative and thorough study of the Bentley/Craig case. Scapegoat, John Parris (Duckworth 1991). An account of the Craig and Bentley trial by Craig's barrister. Daly v Cannon [1954] 1 WLR 261 (QB). External links 1877 births 1971 deaths Goddard, Rayner Goddard, Rayner Law lords Goddard, Rayner Goddard, Rayner British heraldists Queen's Bench Division judges Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Members of the Inner Temple English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel Lords Justices of Appeal Life peers created by George VI