Overview

• A jury was sworn at Teesside Crown Court before prosecutor Francis Fitzgibbon KC outlined the case.
• Prosecutors say Sean Reay fired a handgun through Dawson’s front window at close range, killing him instantly.
• Jurors were shown footage of a hooded figure firing after a window was smashed, and a 9mm bullet was later recovered from a sofa cushion.
• The Crown alleges Kelvin Craig Lawson threw the brick and that Kevin Dorward, Keith Edward Dorward, and Thomas Lee Sterling assisted in the attack.
• Michaela Hetherington is accused of trying to mislead police by falsely claiming the car used that day had been stolen, and the trial continues with all pleas of not guilty.