Earlier this month, he announced an additional target to improve living standards, leading to some accusations he was moving the goalposts on what he wanted his government to be judged by.

One of the things I’ve probably been judged for in my career was not sticking to one thing.

Combined, their accounts now told the tale of a creepy loner, Michael Anthony Cox, who allegedly disliked girls he judged to be promiscuous — enough to kill them.

That poses profound questions about how much influence and from where is judged to be too much influence from too far away.

"It was poorly judged and I apologise for the offence I've caused," he added.