Gerard Hutch acquitted of Regency Hotel murder

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Gerard Hutch was acquitted of David Byrne’s murder at the Special Criminal Court on 17 April 2023.

The murder took place during a boxing weigh-in at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on 5 February 2016.

The three-judge court said it could not rely on Jonathan Dowdall’s evidence without corroboration and found no corroboration in the audio recordings.

It was not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Hutch was guilty of murder.