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The closing of the prosecution’s case in the Regency murder trial yesterday leaves a huge body of evidence for the Special Criminal Court to weigh up in the coming weeks.
Brendan Grehan SC, for Hutch, gave his closing speech this afternoon.
Regency trial witness Jonathan Dowdall did not appear to have had “any clear opportunity” to be in a park where he alleges Gerard Hutch confessed to murder on one of the possible dates he gave for the meeting, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
Dowdall testified that Gerard Hutch told him in a park that he and another man had shot David Byrne at the hotel.
A builder accused of providing a car to help the Regency attack team escape will claim his father was driving his SUV on the day, the Special Criminal Court heard.