State witness Jonathan Dowdall will come face-to-face with murder accused Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch in court today.
The former Sinn Fein councillor will be brought out of Limerick prison this morning in a jail van accompanied by an armed Garda escort, it is understood.
The 44-year-old will be taken to the Criminal Courts of Justice where he is likely to be kept in a holding cell — just feet from Hutch, before the trial begins at 11am.