Gerard Hutch was driven over and back across the border into Northern Ireland by a former Sinn Féin councillor three times in just over a month after the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel more than six-and-a-half years ago, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
Defence Counsel Brendan Grehan said he was sceptical of that claim pointing out there was nothing to stop gardaí from monitoring it while the landcruiser was in Northern Ireland. Just over two weeks later, on 7 March 2016, the surveillance officer said Jonathan Dowdall again drove Mr Hutch across the border at the Carrickdale Hotel at 3.17pm, crossing back after seven-and-a-half hours at Aughnacloy in Co Tyrone at 10.50pm.
She said she asked and had been assured that nothing was required to be retained and that had she had"the slightest inclination" that material relating to this trial was required she would"absolutely not" have authorised the destruction. Ciaran Hoey, the former head of the Garda National Surveillance Unit, testified that he signed an order in February this year authorising the destruction of the data, because it was six-and-a-half years old and the law required him to destroy it after three years.
Amazing the missing surveillance data was Found over the weekend. Nothing on the missing mobile phones or laptops.. MauriceMcCabe
SF must be doing well in the polls when you see this kind of reporting
Former Former has the man no name we all know he was a former Sinn Fein man you told us millions of times..😡😡😡
Sinn Fein, the borderless party.
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