Jonathan Dowdall has told the trial of Gerry Hutch that the accused told him that he [Hutch] and ‘Mago’ Gately shot David Byrne.
The shocking claim was made by Dowdall, who on Monday took the witness stand on the 30th day of the Special Criminal Court trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch over the murder of Mr Byrne at the Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016.
Dowdall, dressed in a dark navy blazer and blue shirt, sat in the jury section of Court 17 - on the other side of the room to accused man Hutch.