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Greysteel killer guilty of attack | Greysteel killer guilty of attack |
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One of the men convicted of the 1993 Greysteel massacre has been convicted of assault and disorderly behaviour. | One of the men convicted of the 1993 Greysteel massacre has been convicted of assault and disorderly behaviour. |
Torrens Knight will be sentenced next month over the attack on two sisters at a bar in Coleraine on 30 May 2008. | Torrens Knight will be sentenced next month over the attack on two sisters at a bar in Coleraine on 30 May 2008. |
Knight served seven years in prison for his part in the murders of eight people at the Rising Sun bar and four workmen in Castlerock earlier the same year. | Knight served seven years in prison for his part in the murders of eight people at the Rising Sun bar and four workmen in Castlerock earlier the same year. |
A decision about whether to revoke his early release licence will be made by the life sentence review commissioners. | A decision about whether to revoke his early release licence will be made by the life sentence review commissioners. |
The victims of the Coleraine attack told the town's Magistrates Court that they had been attacked by Knight after he told them he had unfinished business with one of them. | |
The sisters said they had been punched in the face. One said she had been kicked as she lay on the ground. | |
Knight told the court there had been a long-running family feud with one of the sisters and he had been punched first after being called a "murdering scumbag". He added that he had lashed out in self-defence. | |
However a district judge said that he believed Knight's actions could be seen as menacing and threatening behaviour and accepted the evidence of the two sisters. | |
In 2005, another of the Greysteel killers, Stephen Irwin, was told he would serve out his eight life sentences after being convicted of slashing a football supporter with a knife. | In 2005, another of the Greysteel killers, Stephen Irwin, was told he would serve out his eight life sentences after being convicted of slashing a football supporter with a knife. |
Eight people were shot dead when the Ulster Freedom Fighters opened fire inside the Rising Sun bar in the County Londonderry village of Greysteel at Halloween 1993. | Eight people were shot dead when the Ulster Freedom Fighters opened fire inside the Rising Sun bar in the County Londonderry village of Greysteel at Halloween 1993. |
One of the gunmen shouted "trick or treat" before opening fire on customers. | One of the gunmen shouted "trick or treat" before opening fire on customers. |
Knight, Irwin and two other UFF men were convicted and given eight life sentences for the murders. | Knight, Irwin and two other UFF men were convicted and given eight life sentences for the murders. |
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