Overview
- Mrs Justice Smyth reserved judgment Thursday after final defence submissions in the non-jury case and set no date for a verdict.
- Defence lawyers argued the case relies on compressed social-media footage that loses detail, calling the imagery unreliable and likening a key link to a “white dot on a coat.”
- They also challenged identification, citing witness doubts about height and the absence of glasses on the person matched to Paul McIntyre in the clips.
- Prosecutors say Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh and Jordan Devine accompanied a lone gunman and encouraged or assisted him under joint enterprise rules that can treat helpers as liable as the shooter.
- The broader trial, which began in May 2024, addresses 52 charges against nine Derry men over the riots where McKee, 29, was shot near police vehicles, and the New IRA has previously claimed responsibility for her death.