A man appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court today charged with the murder of a Belfast schoolboy in 2005.
Gary Taylor (22), was accused of murdering Thomas Devlin (15), who was killed as he walked home with friends along the Somerton Road in north Belfast on August 10th 2005. He was stabbed up to five times in the back by two male attackers.
Mr Taylor of Ross House, Mount Vernon, Belfast, was also accused of attempting to murder the teenager’s friend Jonathan McKee during the attack.
The court heard he was arrested this morning after giving himself up to police this morning.
Defence counsel Mark Farrell told the court that a “lengthy and complex” application for bail would be made at a later stage.
Mr Taylor was remanded in custody to appear again by videolink on Friday, when a date for the bail hearing is expected to be set.
The allegations against him came after a court was told that another man is to be charged with the murder. Nigel Brown (25), of Whitewell Road, Newtownabbey, was to be sentenced last Friday for an offence connected with the killing.