Ten hours of conversations between murder accused Gerard Hutch and Dowdall admissible in trial

Ms Justice Burns went on to say that the court was satisfied that the conversations between the two men ought to be admitted into evidence in the “interests of justice”.

The prosecution’s case is that Mr Hutch had asked Dowdall to arrange a meeting with his provisional republican contacts to mediate or resolve the Hutch-Kinahan feud due to the threats against the accused’s family and friends. The main part of the defence’s challenge was the authorisation for the bugging device granted by the District Court judge, which they argued was “unlawfully issued” and submitted that no evidence gathered on foot of it should be admitted.

Ms Justice Burns said the court was satisfied that the authorisation for the bugging device issued by the District Court was a lawful and “valid” one.

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