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08/04/2011
Killer's 25-Year Term Means '24 Months'
A killer smiled at relatives in a Belfast court on Friday after he was sentenced to 25 years for a sectarian murder in 1973, knowing that he will serve only two years under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
Robert James Clarke, 59, was given a life sentence a month ago after he was convicted of murdering Belfast cafe owner Alfredo Fusco in February 1973 and a minimum tariff was set at 25 years but the effect of the NI Sentences Act - introduced as part of the Belfast agreement - will mean he serves just 24 months.
The victim, Mr Fusco, was shot dead by Clarke at his York Road cafe. Loyalist paramilitary, Clarke now returns to jail after a previous 16 year sentence for a murder committed two years after the innocent Mr Fusco was killed.
The case was reopened by the Historical Enquiries Team after new fingerprint technology allowed them to identify Clarke as the gunman who left his prints on Mr Fusco's cafe door.
(BMcC)
Robert James Clarke, 59, was given a life sentence a month ago after he was convicted of murdering Belfast cafe owner Alfredo Fusco in February 1973 and a minimum tariff was set at 25 years but the effect of the NI Sentences Act - introduced as part of the Belfast agreement - will mean he serves just 24 months.
The victim, Mr Fusco, was shot dead by Clarke at his York Road cafe. Loyalist paramilitary, Clarke now returns to jail after a previous 16 year sentence for a murder committed two years after the innocent Mr Fusco was killed.
The case was reopened by the Historical Enquiries Team after new fingerprint technology allowed them to identify Clarke as the gunman who left his prints on Mr Fusco's cafe door.
(BMcC)
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