Regency murder trial hears records from tracking device on Dowdall's car destroyed

Dowdall allegedly drove Hutch north for a meeting with republicans in the aftermath of the shooting, the Special Criminal Court heard

Members of the Garda Armed Support Unit on duty at the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday where the trial of Gerard Hutch continues. Picture: Collins Courts

All records from a tracking device placed on former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall's vehicle by gardaí were destroyed before the Regency Hotel murder trial began last month, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Earlier, the non-jury court heard from defence counsel that gardaí destroyed records from a tracking device that had been placed on Dowdall's Toyota Land Cruiser jeep when he is alleged to have driven murder accused Gerard Hutch north for a meeting with republicans in the aftermath of the shooting.