Overview

• Five defendants are on trial at Teesside Crown Court over Barry Dawson’s death, and all deny murder.
• In a police interview read to jurors, Shane Dawson said he made direct eye contact with the gunman and believed the shot was intended for him.
• Prosecutors told the jury Shane previously said in August he thought the shooting was an accident and that the shooter did not mean to kill anyone.
• Michaela Hetherington pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice for falsely reporting her Seat Arona stolen the day after the shooting, with sentencing to follow the trial.
• The jury heard evidence of an alleged getaway, including a taxi from Annfield Plain to Durham station and three men later boarding a northbound train to Edinburgh.