Import a jpeg sequence on 2's

I had my first try at Stop Motion over the weekend. After finishing the shoot (a test really), I tried to import the sequence into AE? I've seen a few things about the sequences automatically coming in at 30fps? How do you import the footage on 2's at say 12fps? I haven't seen that option anywhere?
Links to tutorials, or instuctions would be really useful.
Or is AE even the right tool for the job?
Thanks in advance.

It's fairly straight forward. Just interpret the footage at 12 fps and drop it in a 24 fps comp.

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