Judge referenced the “poor quality” of some of the CCTV footage
A Judge today ruled there was ‘no case to answer’ against three Co Armagh men charged over a riot in Lurgan.
One of the five defendants - Diarmuid McKee - pleaded guilty to rioting and throwing a petrol bomb on August 23, 2020. The 39-year old, from Deeny Drive in Lurgan, is currently on remand awaiting sentence. His 32-year old son Niall Reynolds, of Woodside Green in Portadown, was also charged with rioting and two counts of throwing a petrol bomb.
When the Crown closed its case against the accused last December, legal teams for all four men launched ‘no case to answer’ applications on the grounds that the identification evidence was circumstantial. In her ruling, Judge Smyth said that as all the petrol bombers were masked, the prosecution relied on “recognition evidence at the point where the suspects are not masked and are identified by police officers in controlled viewings”.
She added that after carefully considering all the evidence regarding Mark and Niall Reynolds and Gavin McKenna “I have therefore concluded that there is no case to answer” against them.
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