Two staff members from the time were also there but McNamara says they remained at the back, sobbing.

BBC: Ouch

"I lived and worked alongside one woman who was put away aged nine for stealing a bicycle, " says McNamara.

BBC: The secret asylum knitting club

"We do still have a problem here, " says Paul McNamara, investment director at GAM, a London asset manager.

WSJ: Cyprus Deal Rattles Markets

"It is hard to think of a more fundamental American principle than the sanctity of the home and private property, " says Robert McNamara, an institute attorney.

WSJ: Battle of the Beach

Kearney says the influence of Bulls' coach Steve McNamara was key to his decision to move to the other side of the world.

BBC: Kearney excited by Bulls' future