Gerry Hutch gets permission to challenge murder trial

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Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch was granted permission to challenge his murder trial before the Special Criminal Court at the High Court on 8 November 2021. He is charged with murdering David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin, on 5 February 2016.

The judicial review argues that trying Hutch before the three-judge, non-jury court under emergency legislation breaches his constitutional and European rights. The High Court permission was granted on an ex parte basis, with only Hutch’s lawyers present, and the case was due to be mentioned again the following month. His murder trial had been fixed for October 2022.