Packed courtroom falls silent as Jonathan Dowdall takes the stand in Regency murder trial

Almost directly across from him, Gerard Hutch, who denies the murder of David Byrne at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on February 5th 2016, sat impassively. Preceded by his lawyers, he had arrived into the courtroom about 20 minutes earlier, carrying a black case stuffed with papers.

A long queue formed from about 9.30am outside the court, with dozens of members of the public, up to 20 media and several gardai seeking admission. Just before the hearing started, an overflow courtroom was made available. Ms Justice Burns said the court has no control over what the prison authorities do. “Mr Dowdall is only a witness in the trial,” she said, adding: “We will see what happens.”

When the public returned, Mr Dowdall was taken through his direct evidence by prosecuting counsel Sean Gillane. Mr Hutch, Mr Dowdall said, told him it was “them” in the hotel, that it “was him and them at the hotel” and that he wasn’t happy about David Byrne being killed. Asked by Mr Gillane if Mr Hutch had said who it was that had shot Mr Byrne, Mr Dowdall said: “He said it was him and Mago Gately.”

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First question should be what shade of lipstick was the 'gun person'wearing.

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