Three men convicted of the murder of Ian Ogle in east Belfast following a non-jury trial have been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison.
The 45-year-old was beaten and stabbed a total of 11 times near his home in Cluan Place on 27 January 2019.
Walter Ervine, 43, from Litchfield Street in Belfast, 42-year old Robert Spiers from Millars Park in Dundonald and Glenn Rainey, 38, whose address was given as Ballyhalbert Caravan Park were convicted of murder last November.
Two other men who pleaded guilty to murdering Mr Ogle in February 2024 were also sentenced at Belfast Crown Court.
Jonathan Brown, 39, from Whinney Hill in Dundonald and 45-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.
The judge Mr Justice McFarland described Ian Ogle’s killing as a “pre-planned murder” and a “revenge vigilante attack”.
Previously, Mr Ogle’s cause of death was noted as a stab wound to the chest.
A pathologist recorded 37 bruises and a fractured skull from a fall.
