Two UVF brothers who have already admitted involvement in the murder of a UDA chief have pleaded guilty to a series of 73 other offences.
The offences covered a whole raft of criminality spanning 13 years.
Standing in the dock of Belfast Crown Court, Newtownabbey brothers David Ian Stewart, 35, and his older brother Robert Ian Stewart, 39, pleaded guilty as each of the charges were put to them.
Robert Stewart, from Ballyearl Court confessed to a total of 30 counts including offences of possessing guns and ammunitions, causing an explosion, intimidation, kidnapping, supplying drugs, arson, robbery and perverting justice.
David Stewart, from Carntall Rise, pleaded guilty to 21 counts including one of conspiring to murder an unknown man, possessing guns and ammunitions, wounding, supplying cocaine, conspiring to cause an explosion, placing a hoax bomb, hijacking and robbery.
Together they admitted to a further 22 charges including blackmail, having funds for terrorist purposes, kidnapping, possessing guns, a pipe bomb, bullets and weapons, making and throwing petrol bombs, arson, causing grevious bodily harm and wounding with intent.
All the offences, which have come by way of a "voluntary bill" of indictment, are alleged to have occurred on various dates between January 1994 and July 2007.
Among the numerous charges, the brothers confessed to intimidating Ballyclare pub doorman Trevor 'Trebo' Gowdy from giving evidence in an assault trial on September 12, 2003.
Loyalist Mark Haddock was since convicted and jailed for attacking the doorman.
Following the pair pleading guilty to aiding and abetting others in the murder of UDA chief Tommy English, both the Stewart brothers have been jailed for life but have yet to have their minimum tariffs set.
In December 2008, as well as confessing involvement in the murder, they also pleaded guilty to hijacking a Renault Laguna car and possessing a gun with intent to commit hijacking and to falsely and injuriously imprisoning Witness A.
They also admittted to a series of further charges that between October 1995 and August 2007, they were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
UDA chief Tommy English who was gunned down in front of his wife in his Ballyduff home on October 31 2000 during a bloody UVF - UDA feud which claimed seven lives.
Before his murder, the 40-year-old had been part of a loyalist delegation who were part of talks at Stormont as the Good Friday Agreement was set up and signed.
The prosecution of the Stewart brothers is the first to be brought before the courts by the Historical Enquiry Team, set up after the Police Ombudsman Ballast report in 2007 and a number of other men are in custody awaiting trial of the killing.
On Friday Mr Justice Hart remanded the brothers back into custody and adjourned hearing the circumstances of the murder and various other offences and pleas in mitigation until February 26.
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