Thomas Fox told gardaí he did not have stomach to pull trigger

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Thomas Fox pleaded not guilty to murdering Gareth Hutch at the Special Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 28 June 2018.

The State alleged that Mr Fox was instrumental in planning the killing. Mr Hutch was shot outside Avondale House in Dublin on 24 May 2016.

Transcripts of Mr Fox’s garda interviews were read to the three-judge court on 28 June 2018. He told officers he did not have the stomach to pull a trigger and had gone to Mountjoy Garda station to clear his name.

Mr Fox also denied unlawfully possessing a Makarov 9mm handgun at the same Dublin location on 23 May 2016. The trial was continuing.