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The pleas are related to an incident in Blackpole Road, Worcester, on March 10, 2020. It was reported at the time a shot was fired, there was a crash and the road was closed as armed police attended the scene. However, attempted murder charges against Gerard Doherty, 20, of Oxford Road, Ryton-on-Dunstone and Ciaran Irvine, 19, of fixed abode, were dropped. The please came after a two day wait for the case to be called on, as their legal teams held conferences. At Worcester Crown Court yesterday Doherty admitted possessing a firearm, a loaded handgun, with intent to endanger life. Doherty and Irvine both admitted possessing a firearm, a shotgun, with intent to endanger life, ammunition (74 shotgun cartridges) with intent to endanger life, having an offensive weapon, a machete, without reasonable excuse in a public place, having an offensive weapon, an axe, without reasonable excuse in a public place and having an offensive weapon, a knife, without reasonable excuse in a
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Court today: Men accused of attempted murder of two police officers again listed to begin at Worcester Crown Court
SCENE: An armed police officer and dog handler search land after the shooting in March 2020. THE trial of two men charged with the attempted murder of two police officers after a shot was fired with intent to endanger life in Worcester, is again listed to begin at Worcester Crown Court today. It is the third day in a row it has been listed, and the case is still yet to start. Gerard Doherty, 20, of Oxford Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire and Ciaran Irvine, 19, of no fixed address are jointly charged with the attempted murder of two police officers, PC Simon Damm and PC James Rimmer.
SCENE: Emergency services at the scene of the car crash on Blackpole Road, close to the junction of Winchcombe Drive, Blackpole THE trial of two men charged with the attempted murder of two police officers after a shot was fired with intent to endanger life in Worcester, is again listed to start today. Gerard Doherty, 20, of Oxford Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire and Ciaran Irvine, 19, of no fixed address are jointly charged with the attempted murder of two police officers, PC Simon Damm and PC James Rimmer. We have also previously reported a third man Kyle Ryley, 21, of no fixed address is charged with the same offence, but appears not to be listed.