Trial begins of man accused of shooting dead Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's nephew

Counsel said that Thomas McConnell was "intrinsically involved" in the careful planning and execution of the "ambush" on Gareth Hutch

Thomas McConnell, pictured here in 2021, today entered a plea of not guilty to the murder of Gareth Hutch.Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A man alleged to have been one of two gunmen who fired at and killed a nephew of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has gone on trial at the Special Criminal Court.

Fiona Murphy SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), on Thursday morning told the three-judge, non-jury court that the evidence will show that Thomas McConnell and Jonathan Keogh were the two gunmen who approached and shot Gareth Hutch just metres from his north Dublin home shortly before 10am on May 24, 2016.