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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: Armed Police at the scene of the car crash on Blackpole Road, close to the junction of Winchcombe Drive, Blackpole. Pic Jonathan Barry 10.3.20. 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 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 today.
The 31-year-old had already admitted being concerned in the supply of the class A drug between August 31 and October 21, 2019 when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on a previous occasion. Bayer of Dace Road, Worcester had also admitted possession of cocaine hydrochloride, another class A drug, at a previous appearance on November 5 last year. A pre-sentence report had been ordered on the last occasion but had not been prepared by the time Judge Nicholas Cole was due to sentence him to what is likely to be a spell in prison. During an earlier hearing before magistrates Ralph Robyns-Landricombe, prosecuting, said officers saw an argument involving a group outside a bank in Worcester High Street. He added: “The defendant was one of this group but walked away as police officers approached. As a result of what the group told officers and a witness who said he had heard him talking about weaponry while covered in blood officers decided to do an area search for this particu