2024-07-30
Former IRA murderer Duffy has NI extradition order formalised
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Robert Duffy (52) was convicted in 1996 of the murder of John Gibson in Belfast in October 1993 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Ms Justice Biggs noted that the Northern Irish authorities had given assurances that Duffy would be free to apply for release to the Sentence Review Commission once he has been returned to prison in Northern Ireland.