Greysteel killer to serve remainder of sentence

Convicted loyalist murderer Stephen Irwin, released under the Belfast Agreement,  must now serve out the remainder of eight life…

Convicted loyalist murderer Stephen Irwin, released under the Belfast Agreement,  must now serve out the remainder of eight life sentences after being convicted of taking part in a knife attack at a football match.

Stephen Irwin (32), from Woodvale Road in Belfast, was jailed last week for four years for slashing a football supporter with a knife during trouble at last year's Irish Cup soccer final.

Irwin, originally from Derry, who with other UDA members, murdered eight people in the Rising Sun pub in Greysteel, Co Derry in 1993 was released on licence in 2000 under the early release scheme of the Belfast Agreement.

Eight people were shot dead when the Ulster Freedom Fighters opened fire inside the Rising Sun bar in the Derry village of Greysteel at Halloween 1993.

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Irwin cried out "trick or treat" before, with his accomplices, indiscriminately opening fire on the people in the pub, killing eight of them.

Now the Sentence Review Commission has confirmed that Irwin , who also has links with the neo-Nazi Combat 18 group, has had his licence revoked.

This means that as well as the four-year-sentence he must serve out the remainder of the eight life sentences imposed against him.

Irwin can appeal this decision but so far has not done so.