Gerry Hutch 'will get unequal treatment' if stopped from trying to dismiss murder charge, court told

Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch's solicitors have served a notice asking the court to dismiss the murder charge because there was not sufficient evidence to try him

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (pictured) has been charged with the murder of Kinahan gang member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel. File picture: Courtpix

Lawyers for Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch, who is accused of the murder of Kinahan gang member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016, have argued that their client will be discriminated against and receive unequal treatment if prevented from bringing an application before the Special Criminal Court to dismiss the charge against him.

Defence counsel Brendan Grehan SC, for Mr Hutch, told the non-jury court, that it would be an "extraordinary situation" and an "absurd interpretation" of Section 4E of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1967 if the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) could deny his client "the obvious benefit" of bringing the application simply because he was charged in the Special Criminal Court and not the District Court.