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Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family

Date
2022-12-16

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

At the validated procedural stage of sentence, the court heard that Gerard Hutch, a defendant, admitted to participating in or contributing to the murder of David Byrne by providing access to motor vehicles on February 5, 2016, and pleaded guilty. Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney, both defendants, faced the same charge but pleaded not guilty, with their cases remaining alleged or contested. Jonathan Dowdall, an accused, admitted to facilitating Mr Byrne's murder and was subsequently jailed for that offence, which was not connected to the Regency. Following Dowdall's sentence on October 3, a nolle prosequi was entered on the murder charge against the former Dublin city councillor. The matter was adjourned and never described as concluded or finalised. No findings or sentences were issued for Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney, and no validated finalisation was reached for their cases. The court did not attribute any conviction to the allegations made against them.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family. Charges or matters: participating in or contributing to the murder of David Byrne by providing access to motor vehicles on February 5, 2016; facilitating Mr Byrne's murder, went on to say: "Children as young as ten their lives are under serious threat, they haven't been in school since September and death threats are issued on their Twitter pages. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

May 18 2016 Other
May 2016 Incident
February 5, 2016 Other
February 4 Incident
March 7 Incident
February 8 2016 Incident
February 4 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
April 27 2021 Incident
October 3 Incident
February 5 Hearing Or Sentence
January 2015 Incident
2022-12-16 Publication

Why: I've explained why I couldn't speak in the police station". CNI source report

Case subjects

Gerard Hutch

Defendant

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

Plea: Guilty

Jason Bonney

Defendant

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

Plea: Not guilty

Jonathan Dowdall

Accused

Charges: facilitating Mr Byrne's murder, went on to say: "Children as young as ten their lives are under serious threat, they haven't been in school since September and death threats are issued on their Twitter pages; participating in or contributing to the murder of David Byrne by providing access to motor vehicles on February 5, 2016 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Dowdall was subsequently jailed for that offence, which was not connected to the Regency. Following Dowdall's sentence on October 3, a nolle prosequi – a decision not to proceed – was entered on the murder charge against the former Dublin city councillor.

Paul Murphy

Defendant

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

Plea: Not guilty