Three Men Acquitted in Lyra McKee Murder as Partner Says Killer Should Be Haunted
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 5
Three Men Acquitted in Lyra McKee Murder as Partner Says Killer Should Be Haunted
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 5
Summary
Friday's not-guilty verdicts for Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh and Jordan Devine left Sara Canning saying it is now hard to believe Lyra McKee's killer will ever face justice.
2019 footage and trial evidence centered on a lone masked gunman who fired four shots toward police during Creggan rioting in Derry, killing the 29-year-old journalist with a single bullet to the head.
Canning said she knows who the gunman is and called him "pathetic," arguing he was showing off for cameras rather than acting for any political cause.
The case ended after a trial lasting nearly two years and more than seven years after the killing; none of the men charged with murder was accused of firing the fatal shot.
The New IRA later claimed responsibility for the killing, while prosecutors said the case met the legal test despite acquittals that the judge said would bring little comfort to McKee's family and friends.