Police officers have described attempts to save the life of Lyra McKee after she was shot during rioting in Derry five years ago.
One officer told the trial of three men accused of Ms McKee's murder that he had helped to carry her into the back of a PSNI Land Rover after she had been struck by a bullet, while another recalled how he had carried out CPR in the back of the vehicle.
This morning, the non-jury trial heard from a series of PSNI officers who were on duty in Derry during the disorder the night Ms McKee was shot.The trial has previously heard how police Land Rovers had come under attack from rioters."By the time I alighted from my vehicle, the injured person was being moved to the back of the Land Rover," he said.He added:"Then a female approached … she had a mobile phone to her ear.
"We thought the most opportune thing was to put her in the back of our vehicle and take her straight to hospital. An officer who was in the back of the Land Rover described his attempts to give medical assistance to Ms McKee. "It was clear she needed medical attention. Myself and my colleague, it was clear because she wasn’t breathing, we carried out CPR in the rear of the vehicle.
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