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Trial of two men accused of Massereene murders begins | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
The trial has begun of two men accused of killing two soldiers as they collected pizzas outside their Antrim army base. | |
The two soldiers - Patrick Azimkar, 21, from north London and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham - were shot dead in March 2009 at Massereene barracks. | |
They were killed the night before they were due to be deployed to Afghanistan. | |
Colin Duffy, 43, from Lurgan and Brian Shivers, 46, from Magherafelt both deny the charges. | |
They also each face seven other charges - six of attempted murder and one of possession of guns and explosives. | |
A number of other people were wounded during the attack, including a man delivering pizza to the soldiers. | |
At the start of the trial, the court was told witnesses may be called from the United States and New Zealand. No further details were given. | |
CCTV images from the night of the murder will be shown in court. The Prosecution QC warned that the images are "graphic". | |
The trial is expected to last five weeks. |