Loyalist leader weds in jail

A loyalist prisoner married the mother of his three children inside the Maze prison yesterday.

A loyalist prisoner married the mother of his three children inside the Maze prison yesterday.

The prison authorities laid on a reception in a Portakabin in the prison grounds.

Former Ulster Freedom Fighters leader Johnny Adair was the first person to be convicted of directing terrorism and is serving a 16 year sentence imposed in 1995. He wed Ms Gina Crossen.

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