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Massereene Trial: Brian Shivers “incapace di terribili azioni”

Shivers ‘not capable of Massereene attack’

Brian Shivers

The partner of one of the men accused of murdering two soldiers has told a court he was not capable of the crime.

Lisa Leacock said she thought Brian Shivers was away saying goodbye to some foreign friends on the night of the killing.

The defendant denies the murder of Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar, who were shot outside their Army base in Antrim. Colin Duffy is the co-accused.

Ms Leacock told Antrim Crown Court: “The Brian that I know is not capable of those terrible acts and I was shocked and surprised when he was arrested.”

She was waiting for him when he arrived home on the night of the attack.

“I believed he was going to meet some friends who were returning home to say farewell,” she added.

She has been his partner for six years. He has a child through a previous marriage and was unemployed.

Sappers Quinsey, 23, and Azimkar, 21, were shot dead by the Real IRA as they collected pizzas with comrades outside Massereene Army base in Antrim town in March 2009.

Duffy, 44, from Forest Glade in Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Shivers, 46, from Sperrin Mews in Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, deny two charges of murder and the attempted murder of six others -three soldiers, two pizza delivery drivers and a security guard.

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René Querin

Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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