A Garda has said it was “an error” that Ford keys were not seized from the home of Patsy Hutch - two weeks after the Regency attack.
Detective Sergeant Patrick O’Toole was giving evidence before the Special Criminal Court trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch (59), who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016.
Det Sgt O’Toole told the court how he applied for a second warrant to get back into Patsy Hutch’s home in Champions Avenue in Dublin two days after the error - after learning that the ignition key for a Ford Transit van used by the Regency Hotel hit squad had not - yet been found.
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Gardai had searched the home on February 23, 2016, and had allegedly observed Ford keys hanging on a rack in the hallway - but didn’t seize them, he said.
