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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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In 2019, Northern Ireland reporter Lyra McKee was killed by a bullet in the former civil war region. Years later, three men were acquitted of the charge of murder.
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