'Where did you learn to waterboard somebody?' — Dowdall grilled by Hutch lawyer

Hutch trial hears how Dowdall learned waterboarding from films, and that he'd fixed a plug for an IRA man on his trip north

Court artist sketch of former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall being cross examined by Gerry Hutch's defence barrister, Brendan Grehan SC. Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA 

Brendan Grehan SC had been asking Jonathan Dowdall a series of questions about bomb-making and things the former Sinn Féin councillor was recorded saying on the secret tapes.

But, suddenly, Gerry Hutch’s defence counsel changed tack. “Where did you learn how to waterboard somebody?” he asked.