A terminally-ill man must serve a minimum of 25 years in jail for the murders of two soldiers shot dead by dissident republicans in the North, a judge ruled today.

A terminally ill dissident republican convicted of murdering two British soldiers will today find out the length of his jail term.

A man accused of murdering two soldiers is a highly unlikely terrorist, a court heard today.

Bullets fired in a terrorist gun attack that killed two British soldiers were of a make and date similar to those used in Provisional IRA shootings, a court has heard today.