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Barry McCrory shooting: Partner begged for help during 999 call | Barry McCrory shooting: Partner begged for help during 999 call |
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The jury in a murder trial has been played a 999 call of the victim's partner begging for help after a masked man shot her boyfriend. | The jury in a murder trial has been played a 999 call of the victim's partner begging for help after a masked man shot her boyfriend. |
Kieran Edward Joseph McLaughlin, 60, from Elaghmore Park in Londonderry, denies the murder of Barry McCrory in the city centre in October 2013. | Kieran Edward Joseph McLaughlin, 60, from Elaghmore Park in Londonderry, denies the murder of Barry McCrory in the city centre in October 2013. |
Mr McCrory was found face down on a bed in the flat on Shipquay Street. | Mr McCrory was found face down on a bed in the flat on Shipquay Street. |
In the 999 call, his partner Elizabeth Timoney was heard making a distressed plea for help. | In the 999 call, his partner Elizabeth Timoney was heard making a distressed plea for help. |
"A masked man has come into my flat, he's a bad man. He's gone into my bedroom, he's told me to wait here, I think he might have shot my boyfriend. | "A masked man has come into my flat, he's a bad man. He's gone into my bedroom, he's told me to wait here, I think he might have shot my boyfriend. |
"Please send someone to help me," she said. | "Please send someone to help me," she said. |
Belfast Crown Court also heard that Mr McCrory died from four gunshot wounds. | Belfast Crown Court also heard that Mr McCrory died from four gunshot wounds. |
The deputy state pathologist, Dr Alastair Bentley, said two of the four shots hit Mr McCrory's head, causing extensive injuries. | The deputy state pathologist, Dr Alastair Bentley, said two of the four shots hit Mr McCrory's head, causing extensive injuries. |
He said that as a result death would have been rapid. | He said that as a result death would have been rapid. |
The court also heard that a search was started following Mr McCrory's murder, and that Mr McLaughlin was found under a parked car in the Rossnagalliagh area of the city in the early hours of 16 October 2013. | |
The court was told that when Mr McLaughlin was taken from under the car and arrested on suspicion of murder, he said he would need to speak to his solicitor. | |
When he was searched, various items were located on him. | |
These included two knives, a pair of night vision glasses, a black balaclava and newspaper cuttings about the murder of Mr McCrory and the search for him. | |
Also found under the car was a firearm. | |
The court also heard that when McLaughlin was formally charged with murder later that day, he replied: "Not guilty. This is a media smear campaign." | |
The case continues. | The case continues. |
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