Two men from Merseyside who joined Northern Ireland terror group the Ulster Volunteer Force will be sentenced in court later today.
Roy Barwise, 47, and John Irwin, 43, both from Anfield, were part of the "Liverpool Battalion" of the UVF and senior members of the Belfast terrorist organisation.
Both men, involved with Orange Lodges in Liverpool, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court yesterday to being members of a proscribed organisation — the UVF.
Both will be sentenced later today. Father-of-two Barwise also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of ammunition, possession of firearms and explosives and supplying ammunition.
Explosives, a machine gun, pistols, shotguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found by police following raids on Merseyside.
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