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A prisoner on a phased-release scheme from Maghaberry Prison is missing.A prisoner on a phased-release scheme from Maghaberry Prison is missing.
Police have launched a search for 34-year-old Jonathan Peter Neill who was last seen on Monday in the Molesworth Road area of Cookstown. Police in NI and England have launched a search for 34-year-old Jonathan Peter Neill, who was last seen on Monday in the Molesworth Road area of Cookstown.
Neill is 6ft 2in, of slim build with black hair and brown eyes and has scars on his left wrist and right hand. He also wears an earring.Neill is 6ft 2in, of slim build with black hair and brown eyes and has scars on his left wrist and right hand. He also wears an earring.
He was convicted of murdering a man in London in 1991 when he was 16. He also has convictions for burglary. When he was 16, he was convicted of murdering a man who was lodging at his family's London home in 1991.
Police have appealed for information and warned the public not to approach him. Neill stabbed Donald McKenzie 24 times while the man was asleep in bed.
After killing him, Neill carved a cross and the numbers 666 into the victim's back.
The court noted at the time that the only explanation ever given was that he "wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone".
Before 1991, Neill had eight previous convictions for burglary and criminal damage. All of theose crimes were carried out in Northern Ireland.
He was released from prison in 2006, but was quickly returned to prison after breaching the terms of his licence.
However, since then he was said to have made progress and was staying in a hostel in the Coleraine area.
The police have appealed for information and warned the public not to approach him.