‘It could only have been one person’: top former detective says system failed the murdered journalist Lyra McKee
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A former top detective believes he knows who murdered journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, Northern Ireland in 2019 but alleges that a culture of silence and mistrust of the police is obstructing justice. The murder occurred during rioting, with police footage showing a man firing a handgun near McKee.
Jason Murphy believes he knows who killed McKee in Derry, but culture of silence and mistrust of police is denying her family justice When Lyra McKee was shot and killed on the night of 18 April 2019, approximately 150 people were in her vicinity. The 29-year-old journalist had watched in a crowd as rioting broke out in Derry, Northern Ireland. Police footage captured the grainy outline of a man firing a handgun. “Someone’s fucking shot,” a bystander could be heard crying in mobile phone footage shown as evidence in court. “There’s a fucking kid shot in the head.” Continue reading...