Mr Hutch (25) of Champions Avenue, Dublin 1, is pleading not guilty to the murder of Mr Byrne (34) at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on February 5th, 2016. Counsel for Mr Hutch, Michael O’Higgins SC, submitted on Monday to the three judges that the identification process was “sullied and tainted” . Garda Kevin Keys told Mr O’Higgins he had “some involvement” in an investigation after Mr Hutch had been shot in August 2014. Garda Alan Flaherty told the court that in September 2011 he interviewed Mr Hutch. Garda Caitriona Brody told the court that in 2014 she made a record of Patrick Hutch in the Garda’s Pulse system.

Source: The Irish Times January 22, 2018 16:07 UTC