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Justice minister 'deeply concerned' over temporary release of convicted killer
The department of justice said minister Naomi Long "remains deeply concerned surrounding compassionate temporary release of Gary Anderson and his subsequent absconding"
The justice minister remains "deeply concerned" about the circumstances surrounding the temporary release of a convicted murderer.
The NI Prison Service (NIPS) refused Gary Anderson permission to attend his father's funeral but that decision was quashed by the courts.
Anderson was released on Monday from Maghaberry Prison to attend the funeral but absconded and remains at large.
He is one of two brothers jailed for life in 2023 for the 2018 murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry.
The court service has now published the full 15 page judgement from the judicial review. It reveals the decision to refuse Anderson's request to attend the funeral was taken by the duty governor at Maghaberry Prison.
But the judge found that that decision "was based upon inaccurate information which was material to the key issue of the potential risks posed by the applicant".
"The information which was considered was also materially disadvantageous to the applicant."
That's a reference to an internal assessment of the likelihood of Anderson reoffending, which was wrongly recorded at a higher level than recorded in the internal system.
A legal representative for the prison service admitted to the court that "information containing an increased score came, not from the duty governor's personal knowledge, but from a colleague. When the system was checked, the score was sitting at 27 (medium likelihood) and not 32 (high likelihood) as stated in the decision letter."