SDLP MLA John Dallat has urged the authorities to permanently revoke Torrens Knight's licence after the loyalist killer was jailed for four months for attacking two sisters in a Coleraine bar.
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The attack on sisters Rosemary Sutherland and Caroline Nicholl was described as "nasty and vicious" at Antrim Magistrates Court, prompting District Judge Austin Kennedy to warn Knight he could expect no sympathy from the courts.
The judge told him: "The injuries sustained were consistent with a vicious attack on the two women and of particular concern in this case is that you kicked Ms Nicholl while she was on the ground, prone and unable to defend herself.
"People who do that can expect no mercy or sympathy from these courts. You acted as a bully when you approached these sisters. You lost control and lashed out."
Knight sat silently in the dock, as Judge Kennedy passed sentence.
His lawyers said he will appeal against his conviction for the two assaults and disorderly behaviour.
Although Knight was granted bail, he was driven back to prison after the hearing because his early release licence has been suspended by the Northern Ireland Office.
"I would sincerely hope that the Sentence Review Board revokes his licence permanently," John Dallat told UTV.
"That's the only sensible decision that can be taken and I'll be writing to the Secretary of State".
The UFF gunman was released in July 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday agreement, whilst serving life sentences for 12 murders.
Eight of his victims were gunned down when killers opened fire on the Rising Sun bar, in the village of Greysteel, near Londonderry, at Halloween 1993.
That same year Knight was part of a gang which murdered four Catholic builders in the seaside town of Castlerock.
After being convicted of the assault on the two sisters five weeks ago, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward ruled he was in breach of his release conditions and sent him back to prison.
The Life Sentence Review Commissioners will now examine the case to decide if the suspension of the licence was justified and if Knight should serve out the remainder of his murder sentences.
The case is to be mentioned again next Tuesday at a County Court sitting in Coleraine.
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