A 40 year old man wanted in the North in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black, has been remanded in custody following an extradition hearing.

Damien Joseph McLaughlin was arrested yesterday in Co. Donegal, on foot of a European arrest warrant.

Mr Black, a prison officer in Maghaberry prison was killed on the M1 motorway in 2012.

Police Service of Northern Ireland officers and forensic's examine the scene of a shooting fatal shooting on the M1 motorway near Lurgan

Juliette Gash reports;

Kyle Black, left, carries the coffin of his father David Black from Molesworth Presbyterian Church in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.