Prosecutors in Belfast have won an appeal against a decision to grant bail to a man accused of murdering Lyra McKee.

The 29-year-old journalist was shot dead as she observed a riot in the Creggan area of Derry last April.

Paul McIntyre was arrested in February and charged with her murder.

A defence lawyer told the court he is accused of committing a joint enterprise with an unknown gunman - by picking up the cases of the bullets used to kill Ms McKee.

File photo of Paul McIntyre who was charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee | Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire/PA Images

The 52-year-old from Kinnego Park in Derry city is also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and professing to be a member of a proscribed organisation.

He was granted bail by a district court in Derry; however, that decision has now been overruled by the Belfast high Court.

Mr McIntyre will now remain in custody as legal proceedings continue.

A group calling itself the New IRA has claimed responsibility for the shot that killed Ms McKee.

It said it was targeting members of the PSNI.