Hutch trial: ‘Whinging’ in the court as The Monk’s defence sets out stall early

Brendan Grehan said the defence would make the case that if a tracker was placed on a vehicle driven by Jonathan Dowdall — with Gerry Hutch allegedly a passenger — and used outside the State, it would be illegal

Brendan Grehan SC (pictured), counsel for Gerry Hutch, said that the defence has a “great interest in knowing how a specific inquiry came to be made” in terms of CCTV footage from the North. Picture: Collins Courts

It’s been clear from Brendan Grehan SC’s line of questioning when cross-examining members of the covert Garda National Surveillance Unit members what he’s been driving at.

On day 10 of the trial of Gerard Hutch, accused of murdering David Byrne in the Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016, the lead defence counsel for “The Monk” made it even more explicit in an address to the court on Wednesday after a witness had stood down.