Hutch found not guilty of Regency murder

Gerry Hutch has been found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel in 2016.

The 60-year-old stood trial accused of the murder at a crowded boxing weigh-in event which was one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud.

After a 52-day trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court, during which he did not give evidence, Hutch was found not guilty.

Separately, two men were found guilty of facilitating Byrne’s murder.

Paul Murphy, 62, and Jason Bonney, 52, were both charged with providing a motor vehicle to a criminal organisation.

During proceedings, former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall gave evidence as a prosecution witness.

Dowdall, who was to stand trial for murder, is serving a four-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne.