Newtownabbey

This is the second security alert in County Antrim over the weekend - another viable device was discovered in Newtownabbey on Saturday afternoon.

Jonathan Brown, 39, from Whinney Hill in Dundonald and 46-year-old Mark Sewell of Glenmount Drive in Newtownabbey, were told they will serve a minimum of 17 and a half years before they can be considered for parole.

It was alleged that fake signatures were used on nomination papers for Gerard Magee, who stood for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in elections in 2023.

Sheree Black's son Cameron died due to swelling of the brain caused by a severe blow to the head, inflicted by Ryan Leslie at his Newtownabbey home in 2008.

Jonathan Brown, 39, from Whinney Hill in Dundonald and 45-year-old Mark Sewell of Glenmount Drive in Newtownabbey, were handed life sentences earlier in 2024.