Mr Dowdall said he told him he had seen the paper – which the court has heard featured a photo of two people, a man and a man dressed as a woman, at the Regency Hotel on February 6th 2016.
Mr Hutch had said there was going to be a lot of innocent people killed and he needed someone to try and sort everything out, he said. Mr Dowdall told Sean Gillane SC, for the prosecution, that he grew up in Dublin’s north inner city and knew the Hutch family first through his brother. His mother was a close friend of Gerry Hutch’s wife and he himself developed a friendship with Patsy Hutch, brother of Mr Hutch.
He said he had also, at the request of Patsy Hutch and following some tax changes about 2009, taxed a van in the name of Mr Dowdall’s company. There was never a parking fine or any issue about that.He said he had heard about suggestions that Gary Hutch was an informer but he himself knew nothing about this and knew nothing at the time about the Kinahans.
Mr Dowdall, wearing a navy suit and blue shirt, was escorted into the non-jury Special Criminal Court about 11.25 to sit in the chair in the jury box normally occupied by a jury foreperson. Seven gardaí sat near him in the chairs normally occupied by the jury and one stood at the entry door for the box.
Mr Hutch arrived into the courtroom just after 11am, wearing a navy jacket, white shirt and mustard trousers.
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