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Trial shown footage from moments after Lyra shot

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Lyra McKee was shot dead as she observed rioting

The Lyra McKee murder trial has been shown mobile phone footage of the moments after the journalist was shot.

In the short clip, a local woman can be seen running down Fanad Drive towards a crowd at Central Drive in Londonderry’s Creggan estate.

The woman in the footage, which was emailed to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following Ms McKee’s death, can be heard shouting “there's a kid shot in the head up there”.

Ms McKee had been observing a riot in Creggan in April 2019 when she was killed.

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Jordan Devine, Peter Cavanagh and Paul McIntyre (left to right) are all accused of the murder of Lyra McKee

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.

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

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.

All 10 defendants have denied the charges against them.

The non-jury trial at Belfast Crown Court continues.