Thomas 'Nicky' McConnell was charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch in May 2016. Photograph: CollinsAn important prosecution witness told gardaí she was “not really one hundred per cent” sure about her identification of one of the gunman who carried out the shooting of a nephew of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
The prosecution alleges that Mr McConnell and Jonathan Keogh planned the murder and used Ms McDonnell’s apartment to watch Gareth Hutch’s apartment before ambushing him and shooting him dead. Pat McGrath SC, for Mr McConnell’s defence, told the court that gardaí showed Ms McDonnell CCTV footage of Keogh, who has been convicted of the murder, in a newsagents on the day prior to the shooting with a man alleged to be Mr McConnell.
She was able to recognise Keogh because she knew him but told gardai she didn’t know the other man’s name. She identified the second man on the footage as the man who carried out the shooting with Keogh, saying she would “know by his square face”.