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The mother of two men accused of taking part in a fatal attack over an extra-marital affair allegedly controls her family, the High Court heard today. Prosecutors also claimed Easther McCook knows where murder victim Steven Peck s missing phone is located, and that potential witnesses have expressed a fear of her. Mr Peck, 33, was discovered with a serious head injury near the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre in Ballymoney, Co Antrim on January 3 this year. Detectives launched a murder inquiry after he died in hospital a week later. Three men, 54-year-old David Austin, of Cherry Gardens in Ballymoney, and brothers Stephen McCook, 28, and Brian McCook, 24, both from Urbal Road in Devock, are currently charged with his attempted murder. ....