Killer loses bid to overturn arson threat conviction

A DOUBLE killer who claimed records were “falsified” and a charge was “made up’ to cover up his alleged mistreatment in jail has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction for threatening to burn down a prison officer's home.

- BY STEPHEN BOURKE

Stephen Penrose, who is aged in his 40s, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for threatening to damage the property of the prison officer at Cloverhill prison on March 4, 2016.