Murder trial told CCTV footage shows Hutch with former SF councillor Dowdall

State maintains accused made to two separate journeys to Northern Ireland weeks after David Byrne's murder at the Regency Hotel

Armed officers outside the Special Criminal Court where Gerry "The Monk" Hutch and others are appearing charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel. File picture

The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage of what the State says is Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch making two separate journeys to Northern Ireland with former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall just weeks after Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was murdered at the Regency Hotel.

The three-judge court also saw footage on Tuesday of what the prosecution say is Gerard Hutch's brother, Patrick Hutch Senior, in the same area of north Dublin as convicted IRA member Shane Rowan a month after the attack. Rowan was stopped driving north a short time later with three assault rifles that had been used in the Regency Hotel shooting.