A MAN who helped Ryan Kirkpatrick's killers flee the country has been arrested after going missing for nearly a week. 

Police have today, February 20, confirmed that Ross Neville has been located and arrested in the Durham area.

Last week police appealed for information about the whereabouts of Neville, who failed to report to officers after having a jail sentence imposed for helping two fugitive murders.

Ross Neville, 32, was initially given a non-custodial punishment when sentenced with two other people for their part in events following the death of Ryan Kirkpatrick, 24, in Carlisle.

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He was originally sentenced in December at Carlisle Crown Court alongside Olivia Memmory, 22, and Michael Celmins, 32.

This followed the sentencing of Kane Hull and Liam Porter, who were both jailed for life in October for the murder of Mr Kirkpatrick.

These two men had gone on the run after Mr Kirkpatrick was stabbed to death on a night out in Carlyle’s Court. Neville, Celmins and Memmory admitted giving assistance as the men tried to evade police.

Neville’s original sentence was a one-year community payback order, which included 200 hours of unpaid work.

But Neville was last week sentenced to an immediate prison term of one year and 10 months by Appeal Court judges under the Unduly Lenient Scheme.

Neville, of Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, was ordered to report to police in Carlisle - but did not turn up, sparking the police appeal.