Man charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee has been returned for trial to the crown court
Young journalist was killed in Derry in April 2019
The late Lyra McKee. Picture: Brendan Gallagher
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The man charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee and another man charged with the rioting on the night she was shot have been returned for trial to the crown court.
Paul McIntyre, 53, of Kinnego Park, is charged with the murder of Lyra McKee, possessing a firearm with intent and belonging to a prescribed organisation.
He is further charged, along with 40-year-old Christopher Gillen, of Balbane Pass, with throwing and possessing petrol bombs, hijacking, arson and rioting on April 18, 2019.
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The four males – aged 15, 18, 38, and 51 – were arrested in the city on Wednesday morning, May 8, in connection with the killing.
The suspects have been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave PSNI Station in Belfast, where they are being questioned by detectives.
Ms. McKee, 29, was shot dead while observing riots in Derry’s Creggan estate area on Thursday, April 18. The New IRA, a dissident paramilitary group opposed to Northern Ireland’s peace process, says its members killed her by accident when firing at police.
Lyra McKee, who was killed while observing a riot in Derry.
The senior officer leading the investigation, Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy, said: “As part of this morning’s operation detectives carried out searches at four houses in the city and arrested four people in connection with the violence which was orchestrated on the streets of Creggan on the evening of Lyra McKee’s murder.