The meeting with Nagase – then, like Eric, in his seventies – took place near the bridge over the River Kwai, the infamous stretch of Death Railway immortalised in a 1957 film. Footage from the day shows two grey-haired men tentatively shaking hands. “I must say something to you,” Nagase pleads, bowing. “I am very sorry for what I have done. You must have suffered very much.” Eric simply nods. “Thank you,” he says. “Thank you.” He hadn’t intended to be so forgiving. Up until the meeting, Patti admits, Eric planned to kill Nagase. “Eric meant to do him harm,” she says, quietly. “He told me that he had fully … Continue reading Sarah Rainey