Man formerly serving life sentence faces extradition over escaping English prison

A 66-year-old man is facing potential extradition to the United Kingdom following his escape from an English prison where he was serving a life sentence for murder. The man had completed twenty-eight years of his sentence before absconding and subsequently relocating to Ireland. He has been resident in the State for eight years, latterly in County Leitrim, having previously lived in County Cork. At a hearing in the…