David McCord was arrested by PSNI after escaping prison staff in North Belfast

Police have arrested a convicted murderer after he escaped from prison staff in north Belfast.

David McCord, 54, was “unlawfully at large” after escaping from the custody of prison staff at a property in the Crumlin Road area of ​​north Belfast on Friday, August 16. He was arrested by police on Sunday, August 18.

A PSNI spokesman added: “He was last seen on Castlereagh Road at around 4.30pm. He was wearing a green jacket, black tracksuit bottoms and was carrying a red shopping bag.”

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McCord was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for the murder of his girlfriend, 26-year-old Nicholas Dickson, in Ballycarry.

Police are still trying to find another convicted murderer, Dean Michael Woods, who has been “unlawfully at large” since Tuesday, August 13. Woods is 46 years old, has a slim build, brown hair and eyes, a heart tattoo on his chest and a tribal tattoo on his left upper arm.

Woods, then 18, was convicted of murdering 26-year-old Brian Peden on December 10, 1995.

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