Three men accused of murdering Irish journalist Lyra McKee during riots in Londonderry in 2019 were acquitted on Friday after one of the longest non-jury trials in recent Northern Ireland history, leaving her family devastated.

McKee, 29, died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry in Northern Ireland in April 2019

Journalist was shot while watching disturbances in Derry in 2019