The court was also informed that Michael Campbell had posted a video on Facebook threatening to cut off the “heart” of the victim in the weeks before the murder. Two men have appeared in Laganside Magistrates’ Court on Friday on charges of murdering Newtownabbey’s husband Roy ‘Fobby’ Reynolds. Mr Campbell, 32, of East Way in Newtownabbey, is accused of killing Mr Reynolds sometime between March 27 and 28. Robert Mervyn Fulton, 69, co-accused of driving on Belfast Road, Ballyclare, is accused of aiding and abetting an assailant – this is related to aiding and abetting the body of the deceased. The court heard that the victim suffered “barbaric” injuries. The court was informed that a member of the public contacted the police after seeing a man on the Derrycoole Way in Rathcoole dragging a naked body out of the property towards a silver car and placing it on the boot.

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Pacemaker Press Intl 300322 Flowers set up at Roy Reynolds’s Woodburn Reservoir in Carrickfergu Pacemaker Press Intl 300322 Flowers set up at Roy Reynolds’s Woodburn Reservoir in Carrickfergu The witness gave the police the registration number of the car and urgent investigations were carried out. The two suspects were arrested when police stopped the silver vehicle shortly before 7 a.m. in the Clonmore Green area of ​​Rathcoole on March 28. A Detective Inspector told the court that when the car was stopped by police, the owner of the vehicle was identified as Fulton, with Campbell in the passenger seat with blood on his face and T-shirt. A blood clot was found in the car bumper and a large amount of blood was found in the trunk of the car. No account was initially given. Fulton later told police there was a third person, he did not know if he was dead or alive, and they left him at a dam in Carrickfergus. A search of Campbell’s apartment revealed clear signs of disturbance, with blood stains from the front of the apartment to the rear. A knife and a screwdriver with blood stains were found. An electric clipper was also discovered on the sofa of the apartment. As the search continued, a woman walking her dog discovered a partially naked body in shallow water, with jeans and underwear around his ankles and a shoe. There was a breeze placed next to the body. He was identified as Mr. Reynolds by his fingerprints. During lengthy interviews, Campbell made admissions, but claimed to have acted in self-defense. Regarding the hedge trimmers, the detective said: “Your prayer, Mr. Fulton admitted during the interview that the trimmers belonged to him and had asked him to bring them valuable to cut hedges; but he thought they were good idea to bring it at 3 in the morning he did, he also said he was asked to bring plastic wrap. “When asked why the plastic cover was intended, he said he heard disturbances in the background of the telephone conversation and assumed that Mr Campbell was disagreeing with his partner at the time and that was the reason for the request.” The court heard that Fulton had an affair with Campbell’s mother and while it was over, “he may still be in love with her.” Specific details about the victim’s injuries were not read out in court, but an autopsy was performed for two days and the detective said the injuries were “significant”. The guarantee was opposed due to the “barbaric injuries suffered” by the victim. The police also mentioned that he is worried about interventions in witnesses, saying: “The police find it quite difficult given the occurrence that happened, people are afraid to give written deposits.” The court heard that there was outrage in the community and graffiti appeared in the Rathcoole area in recent days. Mr Campbell, the court said he was currently on probation and had a criminal record with 30 previous convictions, including a criminal record in Scotland where a man was attacked and had his “left ear torn in the cartilage”. He was told in court that he had stabbed a former partner with broken glass and in another case broke into a house and bit a woman on the cheek. “There are many reports that Mr. Campbell was armed with a knife and in recent weeks he allegedly posted a video on Facebook where he was armed with a knife and threatened to harm Mr. Reynolds, in fact the threat was to cut off his heart. “, Said the officer. Mr Campbell’s defense lawyer said his client had asked him “to express his full remorse for what happened between him and the deceased in an open court, in fact my understanding is …