Man accused of role in Regency attack believed taxi he bought from Eddie Hutch may have been 'cloned'

A man accused of being part of a six vehicle convoy involved in the Regency attack told gardai he bought his car off Eddie Hutch.

Paul Murphy (61) of Cherry Avenue in Swords Co Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to participating in or contributing to activity that could facilitate the commission of a serious offence — namely the murder of David Byrne — by a criminal organisation by providing access to individual motor vehicles on February 5, 2016.

Murphy is on trial alongside fellow-accused man Paul Bonney - and Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, who is charged with the murder of David Byrne (33) at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on that date.