Fugative killer hands himself in

24/11/2009 - 16:08:06
A convicted murderer who has been on the run for more than a week handed himself in today.

Police initiated a man hunt last Monday when Jonathan Peter Neill (aged 34) absconded in the North.

He was living in the community as part of a phased release scheme from Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim, when he disappeared from the Cookstown area.

Neill was convicted of murdering a lodger who was living with his parents in 1991 when he was 16 years old and also has convictions for burglary.

A spokesman for the Prison Service said he handed himself over to authorities voluntarily this afternoon.

He has now been returned to Maghaberry Prison.