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Priest Calls For Bomber's Release
A Catholic priest has called for the government to release Sean Kelly, the Shankill Bomber, from prison where he was returned last month for being involved in terrorism.
Father Aiden Troy claims there's no evidence to back up the allegations and said that Kelly had been a moderating influence in north Belfast. His calls come after protestors disrupted a meeting of EU employment ministers due to be hosted in west Belfast (an area that badly needs the employment!) and follows all sorts of claims about "securocrats" being responsible for this "reprehensible" re-jailing. Only Gerry Adams could call having a mass-murderer behind bars "unjust".
"If there is evidence and I am being misled then present it and I will be the first to say 'I was wrong, I am sorry,' but in the absence (of evidence) I am absolutely certain that this is something that has been wrongly done."
Father Aiden Troy
To be perfectly honest, while I find it easy to believe that a man who so callously and coldly took the life of 9 innocent people just over a decade ago would return to a life of crime and gangsterism on his release, I too would like the NIO to produce some evidence - although it may not be possible until after the Sentence Review Commission decides the outcome of the case.
If nothing else it will give Sinn Fein one less thing to whinge about.
After killing 9 people and being sentenced to 9 life sentences, Kelly was released in 2000, after only 6 years, under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. It's now up to the sentence review commission to determine if Sean Kelly has indeed broken the terms of his licence. If the commission decides he has, he will revert to being a life-prisoner and it will be up to the Lord Chief Justice to decide how long he will serve.