Hutch walks free after 52-day trial and 140 witnesses

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch leaving the Special Criminal Court after been acquitted of murdering David Byrne on Monday. Picture: Colin Keegan

Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch wakes up a free man today after he was found not guilty of the murder of Kinahan gang member David Byrne following one of the country’s most explosive criminal trials. 

Delivering a lengthy judgment at the Special Criminal Court on Monday, after a trial that ran for 52 days, Ms Justice Tara Burns said there were significant concerns over star State witness Jonathan Dowdall’s “reliability and his relationship with the truth”.