James McArdle was found to have driven the Docklands truck bomb from Northern Ireland to London.
At Woolwich Crown Court in June 1998 he was convicted of conspiracy to cause explosions, and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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The jury was deliberating on the additional charges of murder when the judge dismissed the charges because The Sun newspaper had published an article about the trial. The prosecution decided to not retry the murder charges.
While serving that sentence he was also convicted of being a member of the sniper team and sentenced to 50 years on those charges.
McArdle was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in June 2000 with a royal prerogative of mercy from Queen Elizabeth II.
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