A 16-year-old youth appearing in a County Down court accused of stabbing to death another teenager has lunged at a magistrate.
Four police officers were needed to pull the accused away as he screamed obscenities and attempted to get to the bench.
The teenager was appearing on a charge of murdering an 18-year-old in front of his mother in a busy County Down town centre street.
Two other teenagers, a 16-year-old youth, and a 17-year-old girl, also appeared on charges of assisting the accused.
Mr McCabe was nursed in his mother's arms after being stabbed in Newry on Thursday.
As Magistrate Mr Paul Copeland remanded the accused in custody ugly scenes briefly broke out at the court in Banbridge, Co Down.
"What does that mean?" screamed the 16-year-old student, who cannot be named, before making a dive for Mr Copeland.
Police rushed to the dock amid frantic efforts to restore order as the accused kicked out in an attempt to topple the dock where he had been sitting.
The officers eventually managed to restrain him as he hurled insults and tried in vain to get at the magistrate.
The 16-year-old youths were remanded in a young offenders' centre while the girl has been taken to the youth wing of Maghaberry prison near Lisburn, Co Antrim. All three are due to appear again at Newry courthouse on March 6th.
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