3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest
Peter Cavanagh leaves Belfast Crown Court after a non-jury trial of the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, Friday July 3, 2026. (PA via AP)
LONDON (AP) — Three men were acquitted of murder Friday in the 2019 killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot by a member of a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group while covering a riot in Northern Ireland.
Justice Patricia Smyth regretted that her verdict would bring “little if any comfort or relief” to McKee’s family, but said the circumstantial evidence was insufficient for a conviction, following a nonjury trial held intermittently over the past two years in Belfast Crown Court.
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