Child killer flown to England for life term

CONVICTED murderer and serial rapist Robert Howard was last night flown out of the North to serve the remainder of a life sentence for the slaying of a teenage girl in England.

Howard, who gardaí want to interview in connection with a series of crimes committed here in the 80s and 90s, was flown out of Belfast’s City Airport under heavy security.

The 61-year-old, from Co Laois, had been serving his sentence in the North while he faced a charge of murdering 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson in 1994.