La compagna di uno degli imputati per la morte di due soldati britannici ha riferito in aula che Shivers non sarebbe capace di compiere tale crimine
Secondo Lisa Leacock la sera dell’attacco Brian Shivers era fuori casa per salutare alcuni amici stranieri in procinto di tornare nel loro Paese.
Gli unici imputati negano gli omicidi dei genieri Mark Quinsey e Patrick Azimkar, colpiti a morte all’esterno della loro caserma ad Antrim. Il secondo imputato è Colin Duffy.
La Leacock ha spiegato in aula ad Antrim: “Il Brian che conosco non è capace di compiere quelle terribili azioni e sono rimasta scioccata e sorpresa quando è stato arrestato”.
La donna aspettava il suo rientro la sera dell’attacco.
“Credevo stesse andando ad incontrare alcuni amici che stavano tornando a casa per dire loro addio”, ha aggiunto.
Sono stati insieme per sei anni. La donna ha già un figlio da una precedente relazione ed è disoccupata.
Quinsey ed Azimkar sono stati uccisi dalla Real IRA nel marzo 2009, mentre ritiravano alcune pizze all’esterno di Massereene Barracks, la caserma dell’esercito britannico ad Antrim.
Colin Duffy, 44 anni di Lurgan, e Brian Shivers, 46 anni di Magherafelt, negano tutte le accuse.
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Shivers ‘not capable of Massereene attack’
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.