Investigation launched into prisoner escape

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has ordered an investigation into how a Garda killer caught on the run in the North escaped from prison.

Investigation launched into prisoner escape
Fri, 16 Mar, 2012 - 19:54

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has ordered an investigation into how a Garda killer caught on the run in the North escaped from prison.

Martin McDermott, 26, was arrested in the Shantallow area of Derry by the Police Service of Northern Ireland at around 11am.

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