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On The Run Prisoner Rearrested
David Taggart, the prisoner who escaped from Lisburn court a month back, has been rearrested by the police at a planned raid on the Antrim Road in north Belfast at about 6:00 this morning.
Police District Commander Ken Henning said this arrest had been the result of very intense policing and commended all the officers involved.
I was starting to wonder if he'd ever get caught again but its nice too see the system work. The PSNI defended the length of time it took them to rearrest Taggart.
"It would be our view that he has been on the move throughout this period. Mr Taggart may have disappeared from the public gaze. However, I can assure the public he didn't disappear from police gaze and we have been working to ensure he was brought into custody once more."
PSNI Chief Inspector Jonathon Kearney
Police had been following leads in north, west and east Belfast, Dunmurry, Donaghadee, Ards, Comber, Newry and Dundrum.