Hutch and Dowdall fail in bid to prevent Special Criminal Court trial

Judge said there was no basis in law to prevent the DPP certifying that their trials for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016 should be tried before the Special Criminal Court

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall have lost High Court actions aimed at preventing them from being tried before the non-jury Special Criminal Court on murder charges arising out of the Regency Hotel attack. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall have lost High Court actions aimed at preventing them from being tried before the non-jury Special Criminal Court on murder charges arising out of the Regency Hotel attack.

In his judgment on Friday, Mr Justice Anthony Barr said he was satisfied to dismiss the men's actions.