The committee said to "avoid such situations in the future" it should be approached by sculptors in advance "to ensure that the proposed design falls within the cemetery regulations".

Because of his Irish title win, Magee should have automatically been nominated as the Irish entrant for the qualification tournament for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics however, a number of members from the Ulster Boxing Council abstained from voting for his nomination and this led to the Irish (IABA) selection team requesting that Magee fight a preliminary fight against Corkman Billy Walsh, a boxer whom he had already beaten to win the Irish title. In protest, Magee then turned down the chance to box off for the place at the Barcelona Olympics as he felt he was the automatic choice. Later in the series the family of Eamonn Magee Jr share their intimate recollections and bring to life the character of the promising young boxer and engineer, who was tragically found stabbed to death in 2015. Eamonn Jr was a 22-year-old engineering student and the son of champion boxer Eamonn Magee Sr. The parish cemetery committee said a number of people have been asked to remove headstones erected "without approval" and in breach of regulations.I knew all this, but I had always sensed that the truth, as is its wont, was a more complex affair. If Magee was indeed a dyed-in-the-wool militant republican, why had the IRA shot and later exiled him? If he really was a dangerous bigot, how did his lifelong friendships with Protestants like McCullough or proud Englishmen like Hatton develop? If green, white and orange boxing attire truly defined him, what did it mean when he fought with the red hand of Ulster on his chest as an amateur representing his province? We shake hands, nod a greeting to one another and agree to find a quiet spot after the weigh-in formalities to sit down and discuss my vision for his story. After listening to submissions from the Crown and defence, Mr Justice Treacy said he would fix the tariff next Friday, when Koca will be informed how many years he will spend in prison before being considered eligible for release. She said: "I told Orhan I didn't love him any more, that I was in love with someone else. He asked who it was but I didn't tell him."

On Friday May 29, Ms Ward and Koca had a conversation during which she said he questioned her about Mr Magee. Orhan Koca (39) mistakenly believed the confession formed part of a deal to secure a 10-year prison sentence for the fatal stabbing in west Belfast, judges were told. A man jailed for stabbing a rising boxer star to death is mounting a legal bid to overturn his conviction. Describing his client as a "hard-working family man", Mr Harvey said Koca was traumatised by the breakdown of his marriage - but continued seeing his three children on a daily basis.Judges at the Court of Appeal listed his challenge to the conviction for a full hearing early next year. The barman was said to have been possessive of his ex-partner, becoming aggressive if she attracted attention from other men.