Gerry Hutch pleads not guilty to David Byrne murder

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Gerry Hutch pleaded not guilty to murdering David Byrne at the Special Criminal Court on 18 October 2022. Byrne was killed during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin, on 5 February 2016.

At the opening of the trial, prosecutors alleged Hutch had told Jonathan Dowdall that he was part of the team that shot Byrne. The prosecution also said Dowdall had given Hutch a hotel room keycard the night before the murder; it was later used by one of the gunmen.