Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch refused costs after being found not guilty of murder

Gerry “The Monk” Hutch has been refused cover for his legal costs after he was found not guilty of murder at the Special Criminal Court.

The State had opposed an application for costs by lawyers for Mr Hutch after he was found not guilty by the non-jury court of the murder of David Byrne at a Dublin hotel seven years ago.

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At the Special Criminal Court on Wednesday, Ms Justice Tara Burns said the court was satisfied that an unfairness did not arise for Mr Hutch in the decision to refuse costs.

She said the prosecution against Mr Hutch was warranted.

She said Mr Hutch had engaged in “serious criminal conduct” when he had possession of the guns which had been used in the killing.

She said he was recognised as the figurehead and patriarch of the Hutch criminal organisation.

She said the Hutch gang was responsible for the attack.

She said it would be a reasonable proposition for the prosecution that nothing of the magnitude of the Regency hotel shooting would have happened without his authority.