A MAN charged in connection with the rioting on the night journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead was excluded from almost all of the west bank of the Foyle by his bail conditions a solicitor told Derry Magistrate's Court.
Christopher Gillen (39) of Balbane Pass in Derry is currently on bail charged with riotous assembly, throwing and possessing petrol bombs, arson and hijacking on April 18.
A solicitor yesterday said that he was applying for a bail variation for his client due to the size of the area he was excluded from by his bail conditions.
He gave the judge a letter from Gillen's wife which he said 'articulately' explained the impact on the family of the exclusion.
The solicitor said that the only area within the city side he was allowed was the area he was living in.
A police officer said the exclusion zone had been put on place by the High Court on October 17.
She said police were concerned about the risk of re-offending and she added that tension was still high in the city.
However a solicitor for Gillen said a reduction of the exclusion zone would allow more scope for family life.
District Judge Stephen Keown said he would be agreeable to making Gillen's exclusion zone the same as a co-accused.
The court was told that some additional reports were still outstanding and the case was adjourned until January 9.
