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North Belfast men to be sentenced for possession of machine gun

Two North Belfast men will be sentenced next week for possessing a sub-machine gun which was used to fire at an election poster.

Matthew Charles Johnston, of Carrick Hill and Eamonn Hutchinson, of Princes Dock Street, both aged 42, had previously pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in suspicious circumstances.

Johnston further admitted possessing a large assortment of ammunition in suspicious circumstances, possessing in suspicious circumstances ammunition for military use capable of penetrating armour plating and possessing articles for use in terrorism.

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