Garda killer checks into Derry hospital

Garda killer Martin McDermott has signed himself into hospital north of the border so gardaí cannot catch up with him.

Garda killer checks into Derry hospital
Thu, 27 Aug, 2015 - 01:00
John McCarthy

The 29-year-old is suffering from a serious back injury after crashing a car just days after being released from prison.

McDermott, from Raphoe, was jailed for seven years in 2011 for the manslaughter of Garda Gary McLoughlin in Burt in 2009.

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