Notorious serial killer Shaw to continue release bid
The State’s longest serving prisoner is set to continue his legal bid for two days temporary release per year. English national John Shaw (73) has been in custody in Ireland since September 1976, when both he and another English man, Geoffrey Evans, were arrested for the abduction, rape, torture and
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John Shaw, a 73-year-old English national serving a life sentence for murders committed in 1976, has been granted an extension of time to appeal a High Court decision at the Court of Appeal. Shaw has been in Irish custody since September 1976, when he and Geoffrey Evans were arrested for the abduction, rape, torture and murder of two women in Wicklow and Mayo. Both men received life sentences in February 1978. In…
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