Jonathan Keogh on trial accused of murdering Gareth Hutch

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Jonathan Keogh, Regina Keogh and Thomas Fox were on trial before a non-jury, three-judge court accused of murdering Gareth Hutch. The proceedings were reported on 12 June 2018.

All three had pleaded not guilty to murder. Fox had also denied unlawfully possessing a Makarov 9 mm handgun at Avondale House on 23 May 2016.

Hutch was shot dead as he got into his car outside Avondale House flats on North Cumberland Street, Dublin, on 24 May 2016.

A protected State witness told the court that Jonathan Keogh had said he was going to get Hutch and that Keogh and Fox had used baby wipes to clean two guns before the shooting. The witness had been given immunity from prosecution.

The trial continued before presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt, sitting with Judge Patricia Ryan and Judge Michael Walsh.