The Special Criminal Court in Dublin will deliver its judgement in the trial of Gerard Hutch in April. Mr Hutch from the Paddocks, Clontarf, denies murdering David Byrne at Dublin's Regency Airport Hotel on 5 February 2016. His two co-accused - Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney - have pleaded not guilty to participating in or contributing to the murder by providing access to motor vehicles. Ms Justice Tara Burns said the court would notify parties if the judgement for the three accused is available before 17 April. Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, who had also been charged with the murder but in October pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of facilitating the murder by renting a hotel room for the killers, gave evidence against Mr Hutch during the prosecution case.
