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State tells Regency trial that CCTV footage shows Hutch and Dowdall travelling North together

Date
2022-10-25

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage presented by the State, which allegedly shows Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch making two separate journeys to Northern Ireland with former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall shortly after the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel. The footage also shows Patrick Hutch Senior in the same area of north Dublin as convicted IRA member Shane Rowan a month after the attack. Rowan was stopped with three assault rifles used in the Regency Hotel shooting. Jonathan Dowdall has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for four years for facilitating the Hutch gang in the murder of David Byrne. Gerard Hutch has pleaded guilty to charges related to the murder of David Byrne, but the matter is still ongoing. County Donegal was jailed for seven and a half years for possession of assault rifles and ammunition and received a concurrent sentence of four years for IRA membership, backdated to March 9, 2016. The trial continues tomorrow before Ms Justice Tara Burns, presiding, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Grainne Malone.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: State tells Regency trial that CCTV footage shows Hutch and Dowdall travelling North together. Charges or matters: Mr Byrne's murder; participating in or contributing to the murder of David Byrne by providing access to motor vehicles on February 5, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

February 20 Hearing Or Sentence
March 7, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
February 20, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
March 7 Incident
March 7 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
March 9 Incident
March 9, 2016 Incident
July 2016 Incident
March 9 2016 Incident
February 5, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
2022-10-25 Publication

Case subjects

County Donegal

Convicted Person

Charges: participating in or contributing to the murder of David Byrne by providing access to motor vehicles on February 5, 2016 (Alleged Or Contested)

Outcome: County Donegal was jailed for seven and a half years for possession of assault rifles and ammunition. He was also sentenced to a concurrent sentence of four years in prison for IRA membership, backdated to March 9 2016.

Gerard Hutch

Defendant

Charges: Mr Byrne's murder (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Jonathan Dowdall has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for four years for facilitating the Hutch gang in the notorious murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne.

Jonathan Dowdall

Convicted Person

Charges: Mr Byrne's murder (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Jonathan Dowdall has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for four years for facilitating the Hutch gang in the notorious murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne.