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David McCord PSNI
Northern Ireland
Escaped convicted murderer David McCord apprehended in Belfast
McCord was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for the murder of his girlfriend.
LAST UPDATE | 18 Aug 2024
POLICE IN NORTHERN Ireland have apprehended a prisoner who escaped from custody and had been at large since Friday.
David McCord (54), who is serving a life sentence for murder, was in the custody of prison staff at a property in the Crumlin Road area of north Belfast when he escaped.
He was apprehended in the Belfast area following police appeals to trace his whereabouts, and has been returned to prison, a PSNI spokesperson said.
McCord was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for the murder of his girlfriend, 26-year-old Nichola Dickson.
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