Convicted killer who lived in Ireland under alias for 15 years faces return to UK to serve out life sentence

A convicted killer who lived in Ireland under an alias for 15 years is facing the prospect of returning to the UK to continue serving his life sentence for murdering an elderly shopkeeper 47 years ago.

Roy Norman Kenyon (64) had been serving his sentence for the murder of Margaret Potts, an elderly shopkeeper who he beat to death with a poker in 1972 when he was a teenager.

Addressing Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly, Mr Ronan Kennedy BL, for the Minister for Justice & Equality, revealed how Mr Kenyon absconded while on licence from HMP Leyhill in 2003, after serving 31 years of his sentence.