Derry judge sends four to cells as phone rings Published duration 5 January 2012

image caption Four men were put in cells after a phone went off in the public gallery at Londonderry Magistrates Court on Thursday

Four men taken to the cells at Londonderry Magistrates' court after a mobile phone rang in the public gallery have been released.

They were in the cells from 11:45 GMT to 13:20 GMT on Thursday.

Judge Barney McElholm ordered them detained after telling the courtroom that the next person whose phone went off would be held in contempt.

He said he detained the men because "they appeared to take mirth" out of his comments.