Re-jailed IRA killer granted temporary release

An IRA bomber who had been returned to jail was tonight released in the North.

Re-jailed IRA killer granted temporary release

An IRA bomber who had been returned to jail was tonight released in the North.

Sean Kelly, who killed nine people in a bomb attack on a fish shop on Belfast’s Shankill Road, was given a temporary release pending application to the Sentence Review Commission.

Mr Kelly was returned to jail last month after Northern Secretary Peter Hain suspended his early-release licence under the Good Friday Agreement.

A Northern Ireland Office spokesman confirmed Mr Hain had approved Mr Kelly’s temporary release and said it was in expectation of the forthcoming IRA statement.

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