Loyalist killer Michael Stone ‘squandered’ early release chance, court hears

Jailed loyalist killer Michael Stone “squandered” his one and only chance at an early release, the North’s Court of Appeal heard today.

Deborah McGuinness is appealing a High Court ruling that gave Sentence Review Commissioners the right to consider his application to be freed early for a second time. He received a 30-year term for the sectarian murder campaign, but obtained an early release in 2000 under the Belfast Agreement. He must remain in jail in 2024. His application to the SRC for release again under the terms of the Belfast Agreement led to last year’s High Court battle.

“It gives a licence to prisoners to turn on and off the tap of violence as it suits them,” Mr Lavery contended.

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