Three men were handed life sentences today after they were found guilty of being part of a gang who murdered Ian Ogle. As Mr Justice McFarland delivered the guilty verdict against Glenn Rainey, 38, Walter Ervine, 43, and 41-year old Robert Spiers, the family and friends of Ian Ogle cheered from the public gallery.

The family of Ian Ogle expressed relief at the end of a “long, difficult process” after three men were found guilty of his murder in Belfast. They also called for a “serious look” at the judicial system in Northern Ireland and described as “unfair” how long victims have to wait for a trial in the region compared with the rest of the UK.

Three men have been found guilty of the murder of Ian Ogle in Belfast. Mr Ogle was 45 when he was beaten and stabbed 11 times just yards from his Cluan Place home in the east of the city in January 2019.

The daughter of murder victim Ian Ogle has branded the man who wielded the knife on the night of her dad’s killing as “downright evil”.

Three men have been found guilty of the murder of Ian Ogle in January 2019. The father of two was 45 when he was beaten and stabbed 11 times, just yards from his home at Cluan Place in east Belfast.

His daughter Toni Johnston said it is unfair that victims have to wait so long in Northern Ireland for a trial.