Bugged conversations between Dowdall and Hutch admissible at trial, judges rule — Monaghan

(Pictured: Presiding judge Ms Justice Tara Burns. Photo: Collins) Judges at the Special Criminal Court have ruled that ten hours of conversations between murder accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch and ex Sinn Fein Councillor Jonathan Dowdall that were captured by a garda bugging device are admissible in

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At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, judges ruled that approximately ten hours of recorded conversations between murder accused Gerard Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall are admissible as evidence, despite finding the material was gathered unlawfully outside the State. The recordings were captured by a garda bugging device in Dowdall's vehicle during a journey to County Tyrone on 7 March…