Defence barrister Brendan Grehan SC, for Mr Hutch, told the court that the defence are not calling any evidence on his behalf nor will his client take the stand
In the trial’s 50th day on Tuesday, Sean Gillane SC, prosecuting,
Accused Mr Murphy on Monday challenged the admissibility of licence plate evidence and the court delivered a ruling on that this morning. Presiding judge Ms Justice Tara Burns today ruled the license plate evidence inadmissible saying “the court can’t be satisfied as to the provenance or reliability” of the information contained in the evidence.
Mr Murphy’s light coloured Toyota Avensis taxi and a BMW X5 which the prosecution say was driven by Mr Bonney on the day are alleged to have been part of a convoy that parked up at St Vincent’s GAA club grounds before the shooting and then transported the assailants from the Regency Hotel shooting after a Ford transit van was abandoned.
The court has already heard that the defence case for Mr Bonney will be that on February 5th, he never drove his SUV, which the prosecution say was used in the attack, south of Newbrook Avenue, Donaghmede, [north of the Regency Hotel] but his father did.
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