Convicted Derry murderer James Meehan back in custody
A convicted Derry murderer unlawfully at large in the south since last December is back in custody after having been extradited.
Officers from the PSNI extradited James Meehan (56) on Tuesday.
Meehan, who had been serving a life sentence in prison following a murder conviction in 2009, was reported as being unlawfully at large in December 2024 after failing to return from day-release.
He was convicted of the murder father-of-four Jim McFadden in Shantallow in 2007.
Meehan was returned to prison after appearing at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court.