Judge rules Michael Stone must serve remaining 30-year sentence

A loyalist who killed three men during a gun and grenade attack at an IRA funeral in West Belfast must serve out the remainder of of his minimum 30-year jail sentence, it was disclosed.
Michael Stone, 58, opened fire at Milltown cemetery where crowds had gathered for the funerals of three republicans shot dead by the SAS is Gibraltar in 1988 during one of the darkest periods of the Troubles. His earliest possible release will be in 2018, taking account of time already served.