Deviant serial killer John Shaw, Ireland's longest serving prisoner, to get temporary release
(Pictured: Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan. Credit: Collins) The Minister for Justice has accepted a recommendation that the State’s longest serving prisoner – deviant serial killer John Shaw – be granted two days temporary release per year, the Court of Appeal has been told. The court also he
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The Court of Appeal has been informed that the Minister for Justice has accepted a recommendation to grant temporary release to John Shaw, the State's longest serving prisoner. Shaw, aged 73, an English national, has been in custody for almost 44 years following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court on February 9, 1978, for offences including abduction, rape, torture and murder in Wicklow and Mayo. He will be…
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