Dowdall said Hutch told him that he and another man shot David Byrne dead at the Regency hotel.
File photo - Jonathan Dowdall JONATHAN DOWDALL, A former co-accused of Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch who has turned State’s witness, has told the Special Criminal Court that Hutch told him that he and another Dublin criminal shot David Byrne dead at the Regency hotel.
“He asked had I seen the paper . I said I had seen it and I said who I thought the person looked like.Dowdall said he was asked to contact people in Northern Ireland to help resolve the feud, but said it would be a “waste of time”. Dowdall said he was worried over the booking of the hotel room, saying he wished he hadn’t been told details about the Regency murder.
His father Patrick was jailed for two years before the Regency trial started after he also admitted his part in booking a room for the raiders.
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