Barry McArdle surrendered over stabbing and dismemberment

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Barry McArdle formally surrendered to the Netherlands over the stabbing and dismemberment of Keith Ennis at the High Court on 20 November 2020.

Ennis suffered a fatal upper-body stab wound in Rotterdam in 2009, and his remains were disposed of in a watercourse between Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

McArdle had previously been convicted in the Netherlands over dismembering Ennis’s body and had served a two-year sentence. After an appeal, he was found guilty of the stabbing in 2020 and sentenced to 13 years, with 4,514 days left to serve, the court heard.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.