A man accused of the murder of two soldiers made a flurry of phone calls around the time of the killing, a court heard today.

Forensic evidence against two men accused of murdering two British soldiers in the North is reliable and proven, a barrister for the prosecution said.

Traces of DNA linking a man to the murders of two British soldiers are at most 100 billion times smaller than a gram, a court has heard.

A DNA expert who testified against two men accused of murdering two British soldiers is prepared to exaggerate and tell partial truths in order to promote his technique, a court was told today.

DNA found in a getaway car used in the shooting of two British soldiers is almost six trillion times more likely to belong to one of the alleged murderers than someone else, a court heard.

A bomb squad officer who was first to examine the car used by gunmen who killed two soldiers in the North said he did not see a latex glove tip said to be at the heart of the case.

Bullets fired in a terrorist gun attack that killed two British soldiers were of a make and date similar to those used in Provisional IRA shootings, a court has heard today.

A former soldier has described watching a terrorist gunman stand over his stricken comrade and riddle his body with bullets.

Chilling video footage played today at the trial of two men for the murders of two soldiers showed the moment the servicemen were gunned down by masked attackers.

A man and a woman were arrested today by police investigating the Real IRA murders of two soldiers outside an Army barracks in the North earlier this year.