Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch stands accused of being “one of the team that shot David Byrne” in the Regency Hotel, his trial has heard.
Mr Hutch, 59, appeared this morning before the non-jury, Special Criminal Court, charged with the gangland murder of the Kinahan cartel associate, 34, at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016.
Dressed in a navy blazer and a light-blue shirt Hutch, with long grey hair and a clean-shaven face, sat silently as the case - set to be one of the longest murder trials in the history of the State - was finally opened today.
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Asked to briefly stand up, Hutch was told that he was charged with the murder of Mr Byrne, and was then asked how he wished to plead.
