Greysteel psycho back where he belongs...

Started by longrunsthefox, October 27, 2009, 09:13:31 PM

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longrunsthefox

Cynical bid to be released

Loyalist killer Torrens Knight admits being a 'bad man' 

Loyalist killer Torrens Knight has broken down in court in tears, saying that he had been a "bad man" who had done "terrible things in the past".
Knight, 40, from Ashdale, Coleraine, was giving evidence in his appeal against a a conviction for assaulting two sisters in a bar in the town.
He claimed he was hurt after they called his wife a "tr**p".

Knight was jailed for life for 12 murders in 1993, including the killings of eight people in the Rising Sun pub.
He was later freed under the Good Friday Agreement early release scheme but sent back to jail following his conviction for attacking the sisters two years ago.

Knight told his appear at Antrim County Court that their insult hurt him more than them calling him a "murdering sc**bag".
"People have a right to call me that if they want, because that is what I am - or was.
"I have been a bad man but my past is my past. I want to live in peace now," Knight claimed.
***But he admitted that after the attack he told police that he was not ashamed of what he had done in the past.
He added: "That was an off the cuff remark which I should not have made".
Knight said he had been through a lot but it was "self-inflicted".
He said the papers had written a lot of things about him, but he had developed a thick skin.
However, he said that the sisters' should not have insulted his wife.

Fighting back tears, he said "she is a good girl".
Knight said he had approached the sisters in the bar to make peace with them because there had been bad blood between them and his wife's family.
He said the sisters blamed him for shooting their brother, but said that he could prove that he had not even been in the country at the time.
He denied that he struck the first blow in the pub and said he had only been acting in self-defence.

Banana Man

is this guy for real  ???

no doubt the statelet will put it's collective arms around this poor soul, give him DLA, counselling and a free pass to a shooting range to release any negative feelings

makes me sick

omagh_gael

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Loyalist killer Torrens Knight has lost his appeal against a conviction for assaulting two women in May 2008.
Knight, 40, from Ashdale, Coleraine, was convicted of assaulting two sisters in a bar in the town.
Knight was jailed for life for 12 murders in 1993, including the killings of eight people in the Rising Sun bar in Greysteel.
He was freed in 2000 under the Good Friday Agreement but was sent back to jail following his assault conviction
Judge David Smyth QC rejected the claim that Knight had acted in self-defence during a row in the Blackthorn Bar.
Last week Knight told Antrim County Court he was hurt after they called his wife a "tr**p", saying that insult hurt him more than them calling him a "murdering sc**bag".
"People have a right to call me that if they want, because that is what I am - or was.
"I have been a bad man but my past is my past. I want to live in peace now," Knight claimed.
'Lashed out'
On Monday Judge Smyth said he accepted there was bad blood between Knight's family and the sisters and that he did not seek a confrontation with them in the bar, but he said he believed Knight had "lashed out" at them after "losing his temper and his self-control".
The judge said Knight may have been provoked by the sisters but he completely over-reacted and that he was satisfied that the vast majority of the injuries inflicted on the sisters, Rosemary Sutherland and Caroline Nichol, had been inflicted by Knight in anger and frustration and not in self-defence.
Previously Knight had said he approached the sisters in the bar to make peace with them.
He said the sisters blamed him for shooting their brother, but said that he could prove that he had not even been in the country at the time.
He denied that he struck the first blow in the pub and said he had only been acting in self-defence.
Lawyers for Knight confirmed after the hearing that they were continuing with appeals to have Knight released from prison by the Life Sentence Review Commissioners.


Doogie Browser

Why doesn't someone do us all a favour and stab this **** to death in prison.

Franko

Does anyone know what business(es) that this Trevor Collins character runs?

I'd like that to be made public so I can be doubly sure I never give the c**t a penny of my money.