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If Hello! did spreads on well-known paramilitaries, then I suppose the photos would look something like the latest set of images of loyalist killer Michael Stone.
Pictured after what the magazine might euphemistically term a few years away from the media spotlight , Stone is captured, as the blurb would read, in a series of candid poses that give an intimate glimpse into his new life .
Wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt, accessorised by a bullet-proof vest and - ever mindful of the public safety message - a Union flag-themed face mask, the 65-year-old takes a stroll by the seaside with wife Karan and their dog. Relaxed and enjoying being reunited, the pair embraced each other in the winter sunshine.
A victims campaigner has said new images of loyalist killer Michael Stone enjoying a seaside walk after being controversially released on parole last month make for difficult viewing .
Kenny Donaldson was speaking after the first pictures emerged of the Milltown Cemetery bomber since being freed from jail.
The 65-year-old, wearing a clearly visible bulletproof vest, was photographed strolling along the coast with his wife Karan and their dog.
Mr Donaldson, the spokesman for Innocent Victims United, told the Belfast Telegraph: It will be difficult viewing for innocents of Michael Stone s terrorist actions to see him once again walk around in public as a free man.
Stone was released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
However, he was sent back to jail in 2006 after an attempt to murder Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness at Stormont.
He entered Parliament Buildings armed with explosives, knives and an axe, but bizarrely claimed the episode was an act of performance art.
He was told in 2013 that he must serve the rest of the 30-year tariff on his life sentence.
Stone, a father of nine, married his third wife Karan in a ceremony at Maghaberry Prison in 2016.
Last November the Court of Appeal overturned a decision that he must remain behind bars until 2024, with judges ruling that the six years he spent out on licence should count towards the 30-year tariff.