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Belfast Court Clears Three Men in Lyra McKee Killing

A Belfast nonjury court clears Jordan Gareth Devine, Paul McIntyre and Peter Cavanagh of murder in the 2019 killing of Lyra McKee.Justice Patricia Smyth delivered not guilty verdicts after a trial held intermittently over two years and the court found no evidence any of the men fired the fatal shot.The New IRA has acknowledged members fired while targeting police during protests in Derry/Londonderry, McKee’s reporting on the post–Good Friday Agreement generation drew wide attention, and no one has been charged with pulling the trigger.
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