Peter Butterly murder trial collapses

The 55-day-long trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has collapsed at the Special Criminal Court after a failure in evidence disclosure.

Presiding judge Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy today said the non-jury court had concluded the appropriate order was to discharge itself as a jury and order a retrial of Dean Evans, 24, Edward McGrath, 33, and Sharif Kelly aged 44.