The family of murdered Kinahan cartel gangster David Byrne spent several thousand on facial reconstruction so they could have an open casket at the wake ahead of his bling funeral, we can reveal.
Byrne, 33, was shot six times in the head, face, chest, stomach, hand and legs in the attack during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel, North Dublin, on February 5, 2016.
Gerry “The Monk” Hutch is before the Special Criminal Court charged with Byrne’s murder and his trial heard last week that Byrne was left “unrecognisable” from the injuries he sustained.
