Patrick Hutch faced murder trial identification challenge

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Patrick Hutch, who denies murder and possessing three AK47 rifles, faced a defence challenge at the Special Criminal Court on 22 January 2018.

His counsel argued that detectives’ identification of him in a Regency Hotel photograph was flawed and should be excluded because the procedure was unfair.

Hutch is on trial over David Byrne’s death during a boxing weigh-in at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on 5 February 2016; the prosecution alleges he was involved through a shared intention, although it does not allege he fired the shot.