Garda killer back in Republic

The garda killer who walked out of a minimum security prison eight months after being jailed for manslaughter has been extradited back from the North to serve the rest of his sentence.

Martin McDermott, aged 26, had fled across the border with more than six years left on his sentence for the manslaughter of Garda Gary McLoughlin. He was later arrested in Derry and jailed for four months for assaulting PSNI officers, resisting arrest, and disorderly behaviour.

Police in Belfast said he had been handed over to the authorities in the Republic to serve out the rest of his term for killing Garda McLoughlin.