2020-10-14
On-the-run murderer may consent to surrender, High Court hears
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; McCabe had been sentenced to life by a London court for the murder but was sent back to his native Northern Ireland to serve out his sentence. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in London in October, 1990, for the murder of Richard Hunt – a cousin on McCabe's then girlfriend – who was attacked with a scaffolding pole by McCabe.