The Irish champion boxer (45), who was pals with mob boss Daniel Kinahan, was at the boxing weigh-in event in the North Dublin hotel when hitmen came inside and opened fire.
Boxer Peter McDonagh has revealed that he spoke to David Byrne mere minutes before he was shot dead in the Regency Hotel.
And speaking in detail about what he witnessed, Peter told us how one of the hitmen- a man dressed as a woman wearing a blonde wig, fired a gunshot to the ceiling, sparking mass panic in the Regency Hotel ballroom.“I was out the door and then I ran right to the side of the hotel, I found a broom cupboard and I chucked myself in it.”
“I was talking to David Byrne just before it and we were having a laugh about when I won the title against Dean Byrne a few months before.Peter says when he finally emerged from the cleaning closet he discovered David Byrne’s body lying on the floor as a panicked crowd continued to flee the hotel.“I’ve never seen a crime scene like it where there’s someone lying on the floor, blood pumping out of him and they didn’t even cover the body.
“He’s an intelligent man, a very intelligent man. I think I might have met him at Brian Peters shows years ago.I’ve never chosen to live like that. The former professional three time Irish champion spoke to us in the wake of the not guilty verdict of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch for the murder of Byrne - and said he believes it will make it impossible to prosecute his former manager either.“So if they are not pulling one man down for something, how are they going to pull down the other?”
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