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Stone:I won't appeal jail term

MIlltown murderer Michael Stone has said he will not contest his prison term because he wants to "save taxpayers money". However, the loyalist killer who was ordered to serve out the rest of his sentence for six sectarian killings carried out in the 1980s - including a solo gun and grenade attack on mourners at Milltown cemetery in west Belfast - said he did not recognise the court where he appeared last week. lord Chief Justice Declan Morgan ordered him to serve out the remainder of a 30-year term for killings he carried out during the troubles. the ruling means Stone (58) will remain in jail for at least another five years. "I am making no challenge to my sentence," he told the

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. "I had no representation as I wanted to save taxpayers money."

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