A man accused of helping the Regency hit-team escape said he was "going through hell" - after claiming he received a threat from the Kinahan cartel.
Jason Bonney is accused of driving a BMW X5 jeep to St Vincents GAA club and aiding the hit team escape - following the alleged murder of David Byrne in the nearby Regency Hotel in North Co Dublin on February 5, 2016.
Mr Bonney (51) of Drumnigh Wood, Portmarnock, who denies the charge, told gardai he was on a building site at a house in Donaghmede North Co Dublin when he said he heard about the Regency attack on the radio, the court heard.
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However gardai claim he was in his BMW X5 when it pulled up and waited along with other vehicles for the six-man hit team to come through an alleyway and meet them.
It is also alleged that co-accused man Paul Murphy (59) of Cherry Avenue in Swords was also there - waiting to pick up one of the gunmen in his Avensis taxi that day - something he too denies.
