Rapist who spent time in Donegal jailed in Belfast for fleeing to the republic

A convicted rapist who went missing while out of jail on licence has been jailed for six months at Belfast Crown Court for leaving the juridstiction without informing the police.
29-year-old Joseph McCabe went missing from a hostel in the North on April 2nd, and two days later, telephoned the hostel manager to say he had been kidnapped by paramilitaries and brought to Dundalk.
He later came to Donegal, where he lived in a caravan at Belcruit for a number of weeks before handing himself in to police in Derry on May 5th.
Yesterday in Belfast Crown Court, he was sentenced to 12 months for breaching a notification order, six to be spent in custody and six on licence.