2017-11-27 · Tallaght, Dublin
Convicted murderer who escaped from prison has sentence cut on appeal
Frederick Lee, aged 53, was convicted of murder in 1994 and sentenced to life imprisonment by Leeds Crown Court. He escaped from Shelton Abbey open prison in March 2016, living with his daughter in the UK before being apprehended under a European Arrest Warrant. Lee pleaded guilty to escaping lawful custody and had previously received a one‑month…