{"id":607554,"date":"2025-12-02T14:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/607554\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T14:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:28:18","slug":"man-unlawfully-at-large-while-serving-murder-sentence-extradited-back-to-ni-from-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/607554\/","title":{"rendered":"Man \u2018unlawfully at large\u2019 while serving murder sentence extradited back to NI from Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stock image. Picture: Belfast Telegraph.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d03c2925-9716-4717-b888-3bb870fe8d3c.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stock image. Picture: Belfast Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A man who was \u201cunlawfully at large\u201d after going missing during day release while serving a life sentence for murder has been extradited back to Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Police said the 56-year-old man was extradited from the Republic on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He is due to appear in court later today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A PSNI spokesperson said: \u201cOfficers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have today, Tuesday, 2nd December, extradited a 56-year-old man from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe man, who had been serving a life sentence in prison following a murder conviction in 2009, was reported as being unlawfully at large in December 2024 after being on day-release and failing to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cHe is due to appear before Ballymena Magistrates\u2019 Court this afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stock image. Picture: Belfast Telegraph. 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