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Convicted Murderer Gary Anderson Arrested in Donegal After More than a Week at Large
Police said the convicted murderer was jailed for 15 years in 2023 and was arrested by gardaí after more than a week on the run.
- On Wednesday, Garda Siochana arrested 29-year-old Gary Anderson in County Donegal shortly before 2 p.m., ending a week-long manhunt for the convicted murderer.
- Anderson, serving a 15-year sentence for the 2018 murder of Karol Kelly in Derry, was granted temporary compassionate release from Maghaberry Prison to attend his father's funeral but failed to return on September 14.
- PSNI Detective Inspector Gareth Lavery thanked the public and AGS colleagues for their assistance, stating, "I want to thank everyone who assisted with our enquiries since our public appeal last Monday."
- Justice Minister Naomi Long ordered an independent review into the system failures and expressed a desire to personally apologize to the Kelly family, who she said were "subject to trauma and distress."
- SDLP representative for Foyle Colum Eastwood welcomed the arrest as relief for the Kelly family while highlighting concerns about prison protocols and the decision to grant compassionate release to a convicted murderer.
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