Paul Murphy jailed for nine years over Regency murder role

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Paul Murphy was jailed for nine years at the Special Criminal Court on 12 May 2023 for helping the Hutch organised crime group carry out the Regency murder. The court said he acted as a getaway driver, taking one of the gunmen from St Vincent’s GAA car park in north Dublin after David Byrne was killed.

Judge Tara Burns said Murphy provided significant, planned assistance, although the court could not find that he knew exactly what would happen that day. His sentence was reduced from a ten-year headline term to nine years in light of mitigating factors.

Murphy was convicted alongside Jason Bonney, who received an eight-and-a-half-year sentence. Murphy’s sentence was backdated to 17 March 2023.