'Man in charge' Hutch carried out 'brutal and callous execution' and should be convicted of murder, prosecution say

The prosecution has closed its case against Gerard Hutch at the Special Criminal Court, arguing he was one of two gunmen who carried out the fatal shooting of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on 5 February 2016. Fiona Murphy SC told the three-judge court that covertly recorded conversations between Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall demonstrated he held authority over the assault rifles…