Jonathan Dowdall testifies about Regency murder at 2022 trial

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Jonathan Dowdall testified at the Special Criminal Court on 13 December 2022 during Gerard Hutch’s trial for the murder of David Byrne. Dowdall said he believed neither the Kinahans nor Hutch had started the shooting in the feud.

Dowdall said he had agreed to approach republicans in Northern Ireland to mediate. He testified that he believed innocent people were at risk and would not have become involved had he known what had happened.

The report described Dowdall as a former co-accused who had pleaded guilty to facilitating Byrne’s murder. Hutch denied the murder charge; the trial was continuing, with Dowdall due to face further cross-examination.