AN Iraqi court convicted a British man and sentenced him to 20 years in prison over the shooting dead of two contractors, making him the first Westerner convicted in an Iraqi court since the 2003 US invasion.

A British security worker jailed for life for murdering two colleagues in Iraq is threatening to take his own life, his family said today.

A British security contractor told an Iraqi court today that he was acting in self-defence when he shot two colleagues, claiming that they had threatened to kill him after a drunken brawl in Baghdad’s Green Zone.

Republic of Ireland U-16 manager, Vincent Butler has announced a 19-man squad for the upcoming double international friendly against Germany which will be played in Blarney in Cork and Listowel in Kerry.