A charity boss pictured laughing with Kate Middleton is a convicted killer who stabbed a man to death a train.
Paul Carberry was a member of street gang the Govan Team when he knifed the 21-year-old on a train carrying Scottish football fans to London for a match against England in 1979.
Forty three years later he is earning £154,000 a year as a children's charity boss and was last year photographed mingling with Prince William and Kate when they visited a school in Port Glasgow, the Mirror reports.
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The 60-year-old is now chief executive of Action for Children (AfC), with a remit to "protect and support children and young people".
Patron Kate and Prince William were unaware of his past when they met at St John's Primary last year, and joined a discussion about teaching children about emotions.
Carberry was only 16 when he carried out his lethal attack, and since then he has also had a role on the Serious and Organised Crime Taskforce in Scotland - with a brief to curb youth gangs.
Yesterday, when confronted about his past, he said: "That's something I've regretted every day of my life. A family did not have their loved one because of me."
Asked whether it haunts him that victim John Murray’s child never met her father, Carberry said: “Of course. For me, and particularly the line of work that I’m in and coming from a close family, a loving family.
“That’s absolutely been a factor in my life. And, actually, it’s been a factor in what I’ve then done as a result.
“I haven’t tried to make contact because I didn’t want to add to anybody’s suffering and did not want to open up old wounds for anybody. I’ve had many opportunities to go on record, many opportunities, and I’ve chosen not to.
"And the first thing for me was some mother did not have her son because of me and some child did not have a father.
“The last thing I wanted was to go on the record talking about my progress or whatever. The trustees know and I always acknowledged my background on the basis of need to know.”
Court reports said Carberry, who had been drinking beer and vodka, was in the Govan Team. The train was halted at Warrington, Cheshire.
Carberry was arrested and in December 1979, then aged 17, he was found guilty of murder at Chester Crown Court. In defence he claimed he had confiscated another man's knife and remembered nothing of the attack after being headbutted by Murray.
Carberry served time at a youth jail and in adult prison before being freed in 1985. He got a job as a social worker and rose high in the profession.
He joined AfC and was its Scottish boss when he met Kate and William last May. AfC said the Palace was informed about Carberry's murder conviction when he became CEO this year.
A spokesperson for AfC said: "The Trustees who appointed Paul Carberry as CEO did so in the full knowledge of his past, which is a matter of public record. He joined AfC as a project manager in 1994 - the organisation had full knowledge of his past.
"Paul has helped support thousands of children and young people including those who have been involved in crime, helping many find jobs, avoid criminal exploitation and reach their full potential.
"Chair Sarika Patel says he told her his time inside was a turning point and, although he couldn't change what he did, he'd dedicated his life and rehabilitation to help vulnerable young people.
"All trustees at the charity are aware of his history. Paul told us he did disclose his murder conviction to the Scottish Government before he became a member of Scotland's Serious Organised Crime Force.
"Paul has held a number of roles across crime and youth justice bodies in Scotland and has been a leading voice in this area.
"We understand all agencies in Scotland were aware of Paul's past."
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