Three men accused of murdering journalist Lyra McKee in Northern Ireland more than seven years ago have been found not guilty.
The 29-year-old author died after being shot as she stood close to police vehicles, watching disturbances in the Creggan area of Londonderry in April 2019.
The New IRA – a dissident republican paramilitary group – claimed responsibility for her death.
The three men charged with murder were Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh and Jordan Devine.
The prosecution’s case was that they accompanied a lone gunman to a firing point on the night Lyra was killed, and encouraged or assisted him.
But the defence said much of the prosecution case was based on “pure speculation”.
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