predecessor birth_place assembly nationality party birth_date term_start image article_title constituency_am name
francie molloy bellaghy , northern ireland northern ireland irish sinn féin 08 april 1954 2013 ian milne mla.jpg ian milne
 mid ulster ian milne
ian milne

ian milne -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is an irish republican politician .
born in bellaghy , milne joined the official irish republican army-linked fianna Éireann youth group soon after its formation , but the following year moved to join the provisional ira .
he was gaoled in 1971 , after explosives went off in a car in which he was travelling .
he was imprisoned in the crumlin road jail , but escaped in january 1973 .
the following year , he was arrested in the republic of ireland after stealing a garda car , and was sentenced to five years in portlaoise prison .
however , he again escaped , and remained an active paramilitary based in northern ireland .
during the mid-1970s , the royal ulster constabulary described milne as one of its three `` most wanted '' .
in 1977 , he was arrested and sentenced to life for killing a british soldier .
serving time at long kesh , he participated in the blanket protest .
he was released in 1992 .
at the northern ireland local elections , 2005 , milne was elected to magherafelt district council for sinn fein , and he held his seat in 2011 .
while on the council , he spent a period as chairman .
in 2013 , he was co-opted to the northern ireland assembly in mid ulster , replacing francie molloy .
