Kilree: Three men in court charged with attempted abduction of woman

Summing up the case, Judge Magill said the woman called police at 4.30pm GMT on Wednesday to say “she and her partner were being chased by a car which had been rammed”.

“She could be heard screaming and she said several cars were trying to put them in,” the judge said.

He added that other cars were rammed and three policemen were injured.

Then the event moved to the gas station on Magera Street, where the woman was “attacked by numerous people, including the defendants.”

Judge Magill said police said there was CCTV footage of the incident where the defendants allegedly “surrounded the car”.

The woman went inside the gas station for safety reasons, but the Montgomery brothers could be seen “waiting for her at the front door.”

The woman was allegedly “attacked by both” Montgomery brothers and “dragged by her coat on the ground” while they “(pinned) her against the car,” the judge said.

Two cars nearby were driven by Mr Heaney and a fourth man, Leon McGlinchey, 31, and all four were arrested.

Mr McGlinchey, of Moyola Avenue, Castledawson, appeared in court on Friday charged with 11 offences, including driving while disqualified, dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, three counts of failing to provide a breath sample, driving without insurance and a licence. , stealing a coat and phone, criminal damage and obstructing the police.

He was also denied bail and remanded in custody until December 23.