‘The Hutch gang cannot be equated with Gerard Hutch’, trial told

The prosecution told the court the covert recordings show Mr Hutch had authority over the AK-47 rifles used in the Regency Hotel attack

The prosecution has told his trial at the Special Criminal Court that Gerry Hutch (pictured) was "the man in charge". File picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch was one of two gunmen disguised in tactical gear who shot Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne in a "brutal and callous execution" as the victim scrambled on the ground of the Regency Hotel amongst "complete carnage", and should be convicted of murder, the prosecution has told his trial at the Special Criminal Court.

Fiona Murphy submitted in her closing speech that portions of a secretly recorded 10-hour conversation between Mr Hutch and ex-Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall clearly showed the accused was "the man in charge".