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Scots cop killer back in jail after successful police manhunt amid parole breach

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A killer who battered a former policeman to death with his own truncheon is back behind bars. John Mackie was detained after allegedly breaching parole ­conditions following his release over the killing of Mike Mosey.

The 49-year-old, whose life sentence was reduced to 13 years on appeal, has been now returned to prison and will only be freed again when the Parole Board for Scotland deem it ­appropriate.

Mackie was originally jailed for life in 2007 for bludgeoning Mike, 58, to death in Braehead, ­Lanarkshire. He was released on licence in August last year.

A manhunt was launched last month when vanished amid claims he broke the terms of his parole. Officers searched ­properties in Lanarkshire in a bid to trace him.A police spokesperson “He was traced on Sunday, September 4.”The Parole Board for Scotland was contacted for comment.

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