A CONVICTED sectarian killer is to be freed from jail after fresh charges of attempted murder were dropped.
Sentence Review Commissioners directed William John Lindsay's immediate re-release at a hearing in Maghaberry Prison, his lawyer said.
Their decision follows the withdrawal of a case against the 52-year-old over a suspected knife attack in north Belfast last year.
Lindsay, of Ardoyne Road in Belfast, was jailed for the murder of Catholic voluntary worker Peter McTasney in 1991.
He had been released on licence, but was returned to custody after being charged with attempted murder, threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon.
The allegations related to the suspected knifing of a man in the Ardoyne area in August 2016.
The original decision to revoke his licence was based on an assertion that he had breached conditions by becoming a danger to the public.
But at Belfast Magistrates' Court last month a Public Prosecution Service (PPS) representative confirmed the charges were not being pursued.
