Kilrea: Three men appear in court accused of trying to kidnap woman

Summing up the case, Judge Magill said the woman called police at 16:30 GMT on Wednesday and said “that she and her partner were being followed in a car and that it had been hit”.

“She could be heard screaming and said several cars were making efforts to box them in,” the judge said.

He added that other vehicles were hit and three police officers were injured.

The scene then moved to a gas station on Maghera Street, where the woman “was attacked by numerous people, including the accused.”

Judge Magill said that, according to police, there was CCTV footage of the incident in which the defendants allegedly “surrounded the car”.

The woman entered the gas station for safety, but the Montgomery brothers could be seen “hanging around the front door waiting for her.”

The woman was allegedly “assaulted by both” Montgomery brothers and “dragged by her coat across the ground” until she was “(pinned) to the car,” the judge said.

Heaney and a fourth man, Leon McGlinchey, 31, were driving two cars nearby and all four have been arrested.

McGlinchey, of Moyola Avenue in Castledawson, appeared in court on Friday charged with 11 offences, including driving while unfit, dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, three counts of failing to provide a breath sample and driving without insurance. no license. , theft of coat and phone, criminal damage and obstruction of police.

He was also denied bail and remained in custody until December 23.