Missing prisoner returns to Co Antrim jail

A dissident republican prisoner who absconded while on temporary release to attend his grandson’s funeral has returned to Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim.

47-year-old Ciaran McLaughlin, who is serving 18 years for possessing weapons and ammunition, was released for 12 hours on Monday in the company of a prison chaplain, but he failed to return to the jail until 5pm today.