A HEARING which could see a killer who fled to Ireland after he walked out of Sudbury prison more than a decade ago extradited back to the UK has been put back.
Anthony Craig was due in court in Ireland yesterday but the case was put back to tomorrow. The 66-year-old was serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of an accountant when he was transferred to the open prison near Ashbourne.
His disappearance, and the refusal by Derbyshire police to name or release a photo of Craig, led to questions in the House of Commons and a change in policy by the force with regards to absconders.
Craig was sentenced to life in 1974. He had lured John Kirby to a park in Blackburn in 1973 after meeting him at a gay pub in the city. He robbed him of just 2p before hitting him over the head with a brick three times.
Craig had served 28 years in prison when he walked out of Sudbury in 2002 and never returned.
It has now transpired that he fled to Ireland before settling in County Leitrim.
