A woman has described hearing two gunshots on the afternoon a dissident republican was shot dead outside a pub across the road from her house.

Detectives investigating the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly have denied that offers to drop a murder charge were made to an accused man who turned prosecution witness before he gave a statement about the case.

Defence lawyers at a dissident republican's murder trial are challenging the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness.

A dispute over the legality of the detention of two men alleged to have murdered dissident republican Peter Butterly continued today at the Special Criminal Court.

Three men have been remanded in custody after being charged in connection with the murder of Peter Butterly.