Greysteel killer Torrens Knight in attack appeal
Greysteel killer Torrens Knight is appealing against his conviction and four-month jail sentence for attacking two sisters in a Coleraine bar.
Knight had his early release licence over the 1993 killings suspended after his conviction for assault and disorderly behaviour.
Knight received 12 life sentences for his part in the Greysteel massacre and the separate killing of four workmen.
The two sisters gave evidence at the appeal at Antrim County Court.
Rosemary Sutherland said Knight punched her in the face and broke her nose after she tried to stop him kicking her sister, whom he had knocked to the ground in the Blackthorn bar after telling her he had unfinished business with her.
Her sister Caroline Nicholl said she had only met 40-year-old Knight once before, but claimed he had kicked her mother’s door in on one occasion.
Ms Sutherland denied her injuries were caused by a headbutt from her ex-husband’s new wife.
A lawyer for Knight, of Ashdale, Coleraine, asked Ms Sutherland why she hadn’t called police immediately after he allegedly assaulted her.
She replied: “Because of who it was. We were scared”.
The case continues.
