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Lyra McKee: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges in Murder Case
Judge Smyth ruled the trial of nine men accused of journalist Lyra McKee's 2019 murder will proceed despite defence challenges to evidence and identification reliability.
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Court rejects application to stop trial for murder of journalist Lyra McKee
The New IRA claimed responsibility for the shooting of Ms McKee in Londonderry in April 2019. An application to halt the trial of three men for the murder of journalist Lyra McKee has been rejected by a court in Belfast. Her Honour Judge Patricia Smyth said that despite issues raised with evidence, including “deeply disturbing behaviour by an experienced police officer”, she did “not consider that there are no circumstances in which I could prop…
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