Missing murderer Raymond McCourt caught on Edinburgh bus
An eyewitness told BBC Scotland news McCourt was "surrounded" by six officers when he was asked to step off the number five service close to the junction with Leith Walk.It is thought he boarded the bus in the Abbeyhill area minutes earlier.Passengers saw him being searched by plan clothes and uniformed officers before the bus was allowed to move on.
Police Scotland had warned the public not to approach McCourt.The alarm had been raised on Tuesday evening after he did not return to prison following a period of leave.
McCourt was jailed for the shooting of Khalid Mahmood at the age of 27.He was released on licence in 2015, but was returned to prison after stealing valuables from his partner in Alyth, Perthshire.He used the money to pay for a holiday to Blackpool before being tracked down by police.McCourt told officers he was struggling to cope with life outside prison and had stolen the items to have a blow-out prior to his return to jail.He was given a further 10-month sentence for that crime and returned to prison on his life term for murder.
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