Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch Found Not Guilty Of The Murder Of David Byrne

Monday, 17 April 2023 16:18

By Caoimhe Harney

Two Dublin men have been found guilty of facilitating the murder of David Byrne.

Gerry Hutch has been found NOT GUILTY of the murder of David Byrne.

The prosecution had claimed that he was one of two gunmen who shot the Kinahan associate at a boxing event at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in February 2016.

The case against Mr Hutch boiled down to whether the judges believed the testimony of State-turned witness Jonathan Dowdall.

In the end, the judges were not convinced by the former Sinn Féin Councillor Dowdall's testimony and could find nothing in the case to support his allegation that Mr Hutch was one of the hitmen.

Gerry Hutch leaves court after being found not guilty of murder.

He stood trial accused of killing David Byrne who was shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in Dublin.

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Two Dublin men have been found guilty of facilitating the murder of David Byrne.

The judges were satisfied that Paul Murphy, of Cherry Avenue in Swords, and Jason Bonney, of Drumnigh Wood in Portmarnock, assisted with the getaway.

Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney arrived to court on bail today but were taken into custody after being found guilty of helping the gang carry out the Regency attack.

They both allowed their vehicles to be used in the getaway.

In his defence, Murphy produced taxi receipts to show he was working at the time of the shooting, but the court was satisfied they were inaccurate and unreliable.

Bonney claimed his father was driving his black BMW jeep that day, but the judges didn’t believe him and criticised him for trying to implicate his dead father.

Instead, they accepted the evidence of his brother-in-law who said he was with Jason Bonney’s late father on the afternoon of the shooting.