A man (47) has pleaded not guilty to a murder on a loyalist estate last year.
Mr James Clarke, an unemployed joiner, of Stirling Avenue in the West Winds Estate at Newtownards, was charged with the murder of Andrew Cully (47) on March 24th.
Mr Cully, a self-employed builder, was shot at least 10 times as he sat in his parked car at Beaufort Walk in the West Winds estate in Newtownards on March 24th.
The accused is one of three men who were arrested in the town on Wednesday. The other two were released without charge.
Newtownards Magistrates Court was told by a detective inspector who charged Clarke that he replied "not guilty".
Under questioning by a defence solicitor he confirmed that the accused had denied any involvement in the shooting. The court heard an alleged witness to the shooting had been removed from the West Winds Estate and was under the witness-protection scheme.
Mr Clarke was remanded in custody until June 25th.
Last month the Independent Monitoring Commission categorised Mr Culley's murder as the 12th carried out by paramilitary groups since January 2003.