The limited life expectancy of a terminally-ill dissident republican convicted of murdering two British soldiers should not influence the length of his jail term, his defence lawyer has accepted.

A man cleared of murdering two soldiers in the North has claimed his DNA was planted on a latex glove in the getaway car.

POLICE in the North have vowed that the investigation into the murder of Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey outside the Massereene barracks in 2009 attack would go on.

A dissident republican was convicted today of murdering two British soldiers outside an army base in the North.

A fresh legal submission by lawyers acting for a prominent republican accused of murdering two British soldiers in Northern Ireland today forced a judge to postpone a decision on whether he should stand trial.

Political leaders were united today in demanding the capture of the Real IRA gunmen who shot dead two British soldiers outside an army barracks.