Wife killer in bid to avoid serving Spanish jail term

WIFE killer Dermot McArdle has launched a last-ditch effort to avoid jail just as a European arrest warrant is about to be issued to bring him back to Spain.

The Dundalk father-of-three, who has bitterly fought serving his sentence, is thought to have lodged an appeal with Spain’s Constitutional Tribunal.

His appeal comes after Spanish authorities cleared the way for a European arrest warrant (EAW) to arrest the 41-year-old, following a bureaucratic hold-up.