Surrounded by around 40 reporters and photographers, Gerry Hutch strolled out the front doors of the Criminal Courts of Justice, a free man.
Just around 20 minutes beforehand The Monk had remained stoney-eyed as Ms Justice Tara Burns delivered a not guilty verdict.
At the time, he was sitting alongside his two friends - Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney - who had been convicted of assisting the Hutch gang in carrying out the Regency attack.
