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| James Meehan, who was convicted of the murder of James McFadden on Wednesday, has handed himself in at Strand Road police station in Londonderry. | James Meehan, who was convicted of the murder of James McFadden on Wednesday, has handed himself in at Strand Road police station in Londonderry. |
| Meehan failed to turn up for court on Tuesday. | Meehan failed to turn up for court on Tuesday. |
| Police said that he had voluntarily attended the police station on Saturday evening with his solicitor. | Police said that he had voluntarily attended the police station on Saturday evening with his solicitor. |
| He was then arrested on a warrant for murder, assault and breach of bail. Mr McFadden died after being attacked outside his Derry home in 2007. | He was then arrested on a warrant for murder, assault and breach of bail. Mr McFadden died after being attacked outside his Derry home in 2007. |
| Meehan, 39, his wife Brenda, 42, and her son, Sean Devenney, 22, all from Dundrean Park in Galliagh, were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mr McFadden at Londonderry Crown Court on Wednesday. | |
| A warrant was then issued for the arrest of James Meehan. | A warrant was then issued for the arrest of James Meehan. |
| The tariffs the trio will serve in jail will be set following a minimum sentence hearing on 17 September. | The tariffs the trio will serve in jail will be set following a minimum sentence hearing on 17 September. |
| Meehan was also found guilty of assaulting Jason Graham, the boyfriend of Mr McFadden's daughter Ashling. | Meehan was also found guilty of assaulting Jason Graham, the boyfriend of Mr McFadden's daughter Ashling. |
| Brenda Meehan was found guilty of assaulting Ashling McFadden. | Brenda Meehan was found guilty of assaulting Ashling McFadden. |
| Mr McFadden, a father-of-four, died from a ruptured heart following the attack outside his Moyolla Drive home. He, his wife and children had earlier attended the same wedding reception as the Meehans and Sean Devenney in Redcastle, County Donegal. |