A SENIOR judge sitting on a murder trial has watched the last recorded movements of Geordie Gilmore less half an hour before he was shot last year.
On the second day of the trial, a prosecution lawyer outlined at Belfast Crown Court details of the movements of three men accused of his murder and also that of Geordie Gilmore and his friends.
Three men have been charged with murdering Mr Gilmore and attempting to murder his two passengers.
On trial are David 'Dee Dee' McMaw, 30, from Starbog Road in Larne, Co Antrim; his brother Darren McMaw, 33, from Kilgreel Road in Carrickfergus; and 36-year-old Brian McClean, from Valetta Park in Newtownards, Co Down.
All three deny the charges against them at their non-jury trial.
Mr Justice McAlinden heard earlier this week it was the prosecution's case that David McMaw and Brian McClean were present at the murder scene, the gunman was David McMaw, Brian McLean acted as a lookout and Darren McMaw used his work van in a "scouting exercise" to follow Mr Gilmore before the attack.
Darren McMaw's work van was fitted with a tracking device and on yesterday a prosecution lawyer outlined the vehicle's movements from 7.47 am when it left his then home at Starbog Road, Kilwaughter, Larne, Co Antrim, on March 12, 2017 up until 2.20pm - less than ten minutes after Mr Gilmore was shot and seriously injured during a gun attack.
The 44-year-old died the following day in hospital from a "catastrophic brain injury as a result of a bullet wound''.
Mr Gilmore left Belfast's Laganside Courts complex at about 12:30pm on the day of the shooting - he had been there to support a man who was charged with attempted murder - and drove back to Carrickfergus, followed by his son in another car.
The court heard that, about 50 minutes later, the tracker on Darren McMaw's work van indicated that the vehicle was parked in an area in which he had a clear view of Mr Gilmore's home.
The tracking device showed the van then driving around Carrickfergus and at 13.34pm the vehicle pulled up in the town at the then Cherry Walk home of David McMaw, said the lawyer.
Mr Justice McAlinden watched as a police CCTV camera captured two vehicles in convoy driving past PSNI Seapark base at 13.41pm - the lead vehicle was Mr Gilmore's white Vauxhall Insignia saloon car while his son was travelling behind with friends in a red BMW car.
Five minutes later, CCTV footage showed what the lawyer described as the 'Gilmore party' walking to Delacey's Cafe in North Street, Carrickfergus, where they remained for around 20 minutes.
The court heard that while in the cafe, a series of mobile phone calls were made between David McMaw and a number of other men "relaying information" about Mr Gilmore, including a 50-second call that was received by Darren McMaw which prompted him to go to the centre of the town.
At 2.01pm, CCTV footage played to the court showed the 'Gilmore party' leaving Delacey's cafe on foot.
The prosecution lawyer said that at this time, Darren McMaw's van "does a U-turn'' on a road and then made its way back into Carricfergus.
CCTV footage showed the white Insignia and the red BMW travelling along the Marine Highway in Carrick at 2.04pm followed a few minutes later by Darren McMaw's red and white coloured van. This footage of his van on the Marine Highway was captured on a school bus.
Further footage showed the 'Gilmore party' dropping off a person at a petrol station in the town at 14.09pm.
The white Insignia and the red BMW continued their journey and then drove into Pinewood Avenue where the shooting took place.
The trial continues.
