2020-12-18
Canal killer McArdle formally surrendered to Dutch
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; The public prosecutor in the Netherlands successfully appealed the not-guilty verdict and in 2020, after a Supreme Court ruling upheld that decision, McArdle was found guilty of the stabbing and sentenced to 13 years. The balance of McArdle's sentence left to serve was 4,514 days, the High Court heard.