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Malcolm McKeown murder: Two young boys on bikes first to find body

Two young boys out riding their bikes found the body of murder victim Malcolm McKeown, Belfast Crown Court has been told.

Mr McKeown was shot at least six times as he sat in his car at the back of a service station in Waringstown, County Down, in August 2019.

Four men were charged with murdering him.

Three of them have denied killing the 54-year-old, while another has admitted to “aiding and abetting” his murder.

While 28-year-old Andrew Thomas Kenneth Martin of Bridge Street in Banbridge was given an automatic life sentence, his plea was not accepted by the Crown.

He therefore appeared in the dock in court on Wednesday alongside his three co-accused.

Jake O’Brien, 29, from Rectory Road in Lurgan, Stevie Lee Watson, 35, from Princeton Avenue in Lurgan and 34-year old Simon Smyth from Hazelgrove Avenue in Lurgan – continue to deny murdering Mr McKeown.


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