At her murder trial, lengthy footage was shown that was shot by an MTV crew in Londonderry on the day that journalist Lyra McKee was shot.
Ms McKee, 29, died when she was hit by a bullet on April 18, 2019 as she stood near police vehicles while observing unrest in the Creggan area of Derry.
The New IRA claimed responsibility for the author’s death.
Peter Cavanagh, 35, of Mary Street, Derry, Jordan Gareth Devine, 23, of Bishop Street, Derry, and Paul McIntyre, 56, of Kells Walk, Derry, are on trial at Belfast Crown Court for her murder.
After a week-long break, the trial continued without a jury on Thursday.
Most of the day was spent playing long sections of unedited footage that the MTV crew had shot on the day of filming.
Presenter Reggie Yates and the camera crew made a film about the republicans who opposed the peace process in Northern Ireland, in the run-up to the city’s traditional republican commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Dublin.
Seven other men are on trial on a range of charges, including rioting and throwing incendiary devices.
They are: Joseph Patrick Barr, 36, of Sandringham Drive, Derry; Jude Forest Coffey, 26, of Gartan Square, Derry; William Patrick Elliott, 57, of Ballymagowan Gardens, Derry; Joseph Anthony Campbell, 23, of Gosheden Cottages, Derry; Patrick Anthony Gallagher, 32, of John Field Place, Derry; Christopher Joseph Gillen, 43, of Balbane Pass, Derry; and Kieran George McCool, 55, of Ballymagowan Gardens, Derry.
Several of the defendants in the case were filmed by the MTV crew in the hours before the shooting; some of them gave lengthy interviews to Yates.
A prosecution lawyer has already claimed that the riots that broke out in the Creggan area before the murder were staged to “put on a show” for the camera crew.
The trial continues under the presidency of Judge Patricia Smyth.
