Loyalist killer Torrens Knight will have to wait to discover his punishment for beating up two sisters inside a Coleraine bar after a planned sentencing hearing was adjourned yesterday.

The UFF assassin, who was convicted of 12 murders during the Troubles, including those of eight people in the infamous Greysteel massacre, has already had his early release licence suspended and been returned to prison following the guilty verdict in last month's assault trial.

The 40-year-old had been due to be brought from Maghaberry jail to Coleraine Magistrates Court yesterday morning to find out what additional sanctions he is to face for the aggravated assault and disorderly behaviour convictions.

However, the sentencing did not go ahead as scheduled and has now been put back to next Wednesday at Antrim court.

No reason was given for the postponement in court and Knight's legal representative was not in attendance.

The paramilitary gunman was a member of the loyalist gang that burst into the Rising Sun bar in the County Londonderry village of Greysteel at Halloween in 1993, shouting “trick or treat” before opening fire.