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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is trying to stop the release of a killer convicted of carrying out the so-called Essex Boys gangland murders.

Elizabeth Oyer told the New York Times that Gibson's case came up as part of a wider effort to restore gun rights to people who had been convicted of crimes.

They risk prison terms between eight and 25 years if convicted on the charge of "homicide with possible intent".

Assistant director David Halls, who appears in the film, was supposed to double-check the weapons; still clearly guilt-stricken, he accepted a plea bargain and was convicted of negligent use of a firearm.

Two weeks earlier, Kennedy and Yates allegedly stabbed to death Jonathan Rude, a convicted car thief from Butte County, according to officials.