Hutch and Dowdall to face Special Criminal Court trial

Pair who are charged in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel had taken judicial review proceedings against the legality of three-judge SCC

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, wearing a black cap, at the funeral Eddie Hutch at the Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Sean McDermott Street, Dublin in February 2016. Hutch is charged in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in February 2016. His trial before the SCC is scheduled for October

No basis was established in two legal cases against the non-jury Special Criminal Court to warrant the judiciary interfering with the executive, a High Court judge has said.

Mr Justice Anthony Barr refused all reliefs sought by Gerry “The Monk” Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, who had taken judicial review proceedings against the legality of the three-judge Special Criminal Court (SCC).

Both men are charged in connection with the murder of ...