Jason Bonney denies helping murder at Regency trial

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Jason Bonney has pleaded not guilty to helping a gang commit murder at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 7 November 2022.

The charge relates to the killing of David Byrne at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on 5 February 2016.

Bonney told gardaí that former boxer Mathew Macklin invited him to the hotel’s boxing weigh-in.

He also said the Kinahan Organised Crime Group did not see him as a threat after gardaí warned his life was in danger.

A detective told the court that Bonney’s BMW X5 was tracked by CCTV and formed part of a convoy linked to the getaway.