Man jailed for seven years for possessing gun that police believe was used to kill journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry in 2019
A man has been jailed for seven years for possessing the gun that police believe was used to kill the journalist Lyra McKee.
Niall Sheerin, 29, from Tyrconnell Street in Londonderry, admitted possessing the pistol between 11 September 2018 and 6 June 2020.Ms McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in the Creggan estate in Derry when she was shot on 18 April 2019. The judge at Belfast Crown Court said he believed Sheerin was an associate of a "serious terrorist gang who posed a danger to the public".
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