Overview

• Simon Allen, James Byrne, Barrie Glynn and David Harrison denied murder, firearms possession and arson charges at Liverpool Crown Court today.
• All four male defendants have been remanded in custody pending further proceedings.
• Anna McGinn pleaded not guilty to assisting offenders and was released on conditional bail ahead of the next hearing.
• The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks once it begins in early October.
• Rutter was shot dead in her Moreton home in October 2022 in what Merseyside Police described as a targeted attack on a grandmother.