AceBreakingNews – Lyra McKee killed by single bullet, court hears All ten defendants have denied the charges against them

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Dr Christopher Johnston said the 29-year-old journalist had been “given six cycles of CPR but to no avail”.

Ms McKee was observing rioting in the Creggan estate in Londonderry in April 2019 when she was shot and killed.

Three men from Derry are on trial at Belfast Crown Court accused of her murder – Jordan Devine, 23, of Bishop Street, Paul McIntyre, 56, of Kells Walk and Peter Cavanagh, 35, of Mary Street. 

Jordan Devine, Peter Cavanagh, and Paul McIntyre are all accused of the murder of Lyra McKee

On Friday, Dr Johnston, who was assistant state pathologist at the time of the killing, told the non-jury trial that the journalist “had a cardiac arrest at the scene and died as a result of a bullet to the head”.

Seven other men, also all from Derry, are on trial on charges which include rioting and throwing petrol bombs.

He said: “This injury would have caused immediate unconsciousness and very rapid death.”

They are Joseph Barr, 36, of Sandringham Drive; Jude Coffey, 26, of Gartan Square; William Elliott, 57, of Ballymagowan Gardens; Joseph Campbell, 23, of Gosheden Cottages; Patrick Gallagher, 32, of John Field Place; Christopher Gillen, 43, of Balbane Pass, and Kieran McCool, 55, of Ballymagowan Gardens.

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