Killer’s story supports SF claims

The latest revelations of murder and collusion to emanate from Northern Ireland will hardly challenge the public’s readiness to believe, coming as they do in the aftermath of the Stevens Inquiry and the disclosures about “Stakeknife” this week.

Nevertheless, claims made by Michael Stone who murdered three men and injured many others in Milltown cemetery during the funerals of the Gibraltar Three cannot be ignored.

For years Sinn Féin has claimed that the East Belfast loyalist had been aided and abetted by the security forces in carrying out one of the most notorious attacks in the troubled history of Northern Ireland.