Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee
Judge Patricia Smyth cleared the three defendants after a nonjury trial that examined whether they encouraged or assisted the shooter, defense lawyers said.
- On Friday, Belfast Crown Court acquitted Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh, and Jordan Gareth Devine of murdering journalist Lyra McKee, with Justice Patricia Smyth issuing not-guilty verdicts after a nonjury trial held intermittently over two years.
- McKee, 29, died on April 18, 2019, while observing rioting in the Creggan area of Londonderry; The New IRA claimed responsibility, stating members accidentally struck the journalist while targeting police.
- Prosecutors charged McIntyre, Cavanagh, and Devine with murder via joint enterprise, alleging they assisted the shooter, though defense lawyers argued circumstantial evidence was insufficient to convict during the prolonged trial.
- McKee chronicled the struggles of "Cease-fire babies," the generation raised after the 1998 Good Friday peace accord, and her death helped revive Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, which had collapsed in 2017.
- No individual has ever been charged with firing the bullet that killed McKee despite the trial's conclusion, leaving the case unresolved and reflecting persistent paramilitary tensions in Northern Ireland.
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Lyra McKee was covering a protest when she was shot by a gunman linked to a separatist IRA group. Three men have been acquitted in the case of the murdered woman.
Three men suspected of involvement in the murder of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee have been acquitted. After seven years, no one has yet been convicted for McKee's high-profile death. The woman, then 29 years old, died after being shot by a masked gunman during riots in Londonderry. She was standing close to a police car while filming the riots in the Creggan district on April 18, 2019. The paramilitary group New IRA claimed responsibili…
Judge Acquits 3 in Death of Journalist Killed Watching Riot
Three men tried in one of Northern Ireland's most closely watched murder cases were acquitted Friday in the killing of journalist Lyra McKee. A judge at Belfast Crown Court found Jordan Devine, 25; Paul McIntyre, 58; and Peter Cavanagh, 38, not guilty of murdering the 29-year-old, who was shot while...
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