2023-12-08
High Court surrenders convicted murderer to Northern Ireland
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: James Meehan (54) had argued that the punitive part of his sentence had been served and that he had actually been released from prison "on licence" when he came to live here late last year. Meehan, with addresses in Derry City and Headfort Grove, Kells, Co Meath, was sentenced in 2009 to life imprisonment – with a minimum of 14 years to be served – for the murder of Derry man Jim McFadden in May 2007.; The judge ordered that Meehan be remanded on the same bail conditions for a period not exceeding 25 days pending the carrying out of the surrender order.