Michael Stone has been given three life sentences after being convicted of murdering Lin and Megan Russell and attempting to murder Josie Russell.

A police surgeon has described the moment he realised youngster Josie Russell was still alive.

Michael Stone, the man accused of the murders of mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, is to appear in court.

British girl Josie Russell's recovery from the hammer attack in which her mother and sister were killed will be shattered if Michael Stone walks free on Thursday, according to her father.