Regency hotel getaway drivers fail in bid to overturn their convictions

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The Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of Jason Bonney, aged 55, and Paul Murphy, aged 64, who were found guilty of acting as getaway drivers during the 2016 Regency Hotel attack in Dublin, in which Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was killed. Mr Justice John Edwards dismissed all grounds of appeal advanced by both men, finding the evidence presented to the Special Criminal Court was capable of supporting the convictions. The judge rejected contentions that CCTV footage was insufficiently reliable to identify the vehicles involved and that the men lacked knowledge of the Hutch criminal organisation. He also dismissed arguments that pre-arrest interviews should have been ruled inadmissible. Murphy, from Swords, County Dublin, was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment, while Bonney, from Portmarnock, Dublin, received eight and a half years. Both men indicated they will proceed with separate appeals against their sentences.

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Regency getaway drivers Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney jailed for role in facilitating David Byrne murder - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Fri, 12 May 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Regency trial: Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney guilty of participating in murder of David Byrne - BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie · Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Getaway drivers found guilty of helping commit murder - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Regency trial: pair 'helped gunmen escape', court told - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:00:00 GMT
Hutch trial hears garda evidence of movement of cars - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:00:00 GMT
Two long-time friends of Hutch family get combined sentences of 17-and-a-half years - BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie · Fri, 12 May 2023 07:00:00 GMT

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