Monday is “D Day” for State witness Jonathan Dowdall who will finally take the stand in perhaps the most crucial week of the Hutch trial.
A massive Garda security operation will be in place as the former Sinn Fein councillor will be brought via armed escort to the Special Criminal Court to give evidence. Dowdall, who is serving a four-year sentence in isolation at Limerick Prison for facilitating the murder of David Byrne, will be brought out of the facility and escorted to the Criminal Courts of Justice for the 11am hearing.
The convicted torturer, who is set to give evidence in the trial of Gerry Hutch, accused of the murder of Byrne, is considered to be a major target and his safety, and the safety of those around him are of massive concern to the authorities.
