Three men acquitted of murder of journalist Lyra McKee
A non‑jury trial at Belfast Crown Court ended with not‑guilty verdicts for three men charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.
A non‑jury trial at Belfast Crown Court, presided over by Judge Patricia Smyth, concluded with not‑guilty verdicts for three men charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. The three defendants were acquitted after a trial that, according to gdelt, was held intermittently over the past two years.
Lyra McKee, 29, was covering an anti‑police riot in Derry/Londonderry on 18 April 2019 when she was shot. The killing was claimed by the New IRA, a dissident group.
The men charged were Paul McIntyre, 58, of Kells Walk in Derry; Peter Cavanagh, 38, of Mary Street; and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, of Bishop Street, as reported by impartialreporter.com. The New IRA said its members accidentally shot the reporter while aiming at police, according to gdelt.
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