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Man appears in court charged with attempted murder after shooting in Derry

A car believed to have been used in the shooting was found burnt out in the nearby Lincoln Court area of the Waterside. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
A car believed to have been used in the shooting was found burnt out in the nearby Lincoln Court area of the Waterside. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin A car believed to have been used in the shooting was found burnt out in the nearby Lincoln Court area of the Waterside. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin

A 50-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Derry.

Shots were fired at the driver of a car which was rammed by another vehicle in the Sevenoaks housing estate in the Waterside on Tuesday morning.

The car believed to have been used in the incident was later found burnt out in the nearby Lincoln Court area.

Robert Gillespie, of Tamneymore Park in Omagh, is also accused of having and throwing petrol bombs in connection with an arson attack on the same Derry estate in June.

He was remanded in custody after bail was refused.