The High Court in Glasgow heard how the attack happened shortly after midnight as McIntyre and his then-partner Ms Harte were socialising with others in her flat.
The attack took place shortly after midnight at the police station in Mingora, a town in Swat Valley, once Pakistan's biggest tourist draw, where security has continued to deteriorate despite a peace pact.
Holmes is accused of a meticulously planning and brutally executing a plan to attack a Colorado movie theater at midnight during a showing of the latest Batman movie, killing 12 people and injuring 70.
The attack on the website was scheduled to begin at midnight eastern standard time, according to documents that appear to have been posted online by Anonymous activists.