A loyalist gunman who was convicted of murdering a Catholic cafe owner in Belfast in 1973 has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for the sectarian killing.
However, Robert Clarke, who is 59, will serve less than two years in prison under the early release scheme introduced as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
Clarke was convicted of shooting Alfredo Fusco at his cafe on the York Road in Belfast in February 1973.
Mr Justice McLaughlin said Mr Fusco had been a completely innocent man singled out for assassination in a brutal and terrifying manner.
The judge set a minimum tarriff for Clarke of 25 years.
But the judge told Clarke: 'I am fully conscious of the fact that the effect of the Northern Ireland Sentences Act which was introduced as part of the Belfast agreement, if applicable in your case, will result in you serving nothing like that.'
Clarke was arrested after the Historical Enquiries Team investigated Mr Fusco's murder and matched a fingerprint found at the door of the cafe to him.
After the minimum sentence was handed down, Clarke smiled and waved at relatives in the public gallery.
