A terminally ill dissident republican jailed for murdering two soldiers in the North has today launched a legal bid to overturn his conviction.

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.

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 HIGH-PROFILE republican has walked free from a court in the North after being cleared of murdering two British soldiers.

Another prominent republican is to be tried in connection with the Massereene murders, while police suspect at least one more person was involved.

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

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

The discovery of DNA from two men accused of murdering two soldiers inside the getaway car makes them inescapably guilty, a court has heard.

A son of leading republican Dominic McGlinchey was the getaway driver during the murder of two soldiers, a court has heard.

Evidence from soil samples which allegedly links the man accused to the murder of two soldiers will not be admitted to court, a judge ruled this afternoon.

A man accused of the murder of two soldiers made a flurry of phone calls around the time of the killing, a court heard today.

Forensic evidence against two men accused of murdering two British soldiers in the North is reliable and proven, a barrister for the prosecution said.

Traces of DNA linking a man to the murders of two British soldiers are at most 100 billion times smaller than a gram, a court has heard.

A DNA expert who testified against two men accused of murdering two British soldiers is prepared to exaggerate and tell partial truths in order to promote his technique, a court was told today.

DNA found in a getaway car used in the shooting of two British soldiers is almost six trillion times more likely to belong to one of the alleged murderers than someone else, a court heard.

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.

A former soldier has described watching a terrorist gunman stand over his stricken comrade and riddle his body with bullets.

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.

PORTUMNA are now just 60 minutes from completing an historic three-peat of All-Ireland club titles after this win in the capital yesterday afternoon.

ONE of the men accused of murdering two British soldiers in Co Antrim last March has been released on bail.

A 44-year-old man accused of murdering two British soldiers outside an Army barracks in the North left his DNA on matchsticks found in a partially burnt out getaway car, a court heard today.

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