Loyalist killer's Stormont-attack trial begins

Loyalist killer Michael Stone is due to go on trial today charged with attempting to murder Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.

Mon, 12 May, 2008 - 08:14

Loyalist killer Michael Stone is due to go on trial today charged with attempting to murder Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.

The former Ulster Defence Association gunman faces a total of 14 charges at Belfast Crown Court related to the storming of the Northern Assembly in November 2006.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Stormont Place: Belfast Place: Assembly Place: Stormont Parliament Building Place: Gibraltar Place: Milltown Cemetery Person: Michael Stone Person: president Person: Gerry Adams Person: Martin McGuinness Person: Sinn Fein Person: Stone Person: Charles McCreanor Event: Stormont Organisation: Ulster Defence Association Organisation: IRA Organisation: SAS

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