Jonathan Dowdall admitted lying about Regency murder inquiry

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Jonathan Dowdall admitted lying to gardaí about what he knew of the Regency Hotel murder during continuing evidence before Ms Justice Tara Burns, with the proceedings reported on 15 December 2022.

He said he had lied because he feared his family would be killed, while accepting that he had helped book the hotel room but did not know it would be used in the murder. Defence counsel Brendan Grehan challenged his earlier interviews, and the cross-examination was due to continue into the following week.