The Regency Hotel murder attracted a considerable amount of publicity including the publication in the Sunday World of a photograph of one of the raiders in a wig and a man in a flat cap, who has been since identified as the now deceased Kevin Murray. Gerry Hutch (59) formally pleaded not guilty to the 2016 killing when he was arraigned at the Special Criminal Court today and the trial got underway. The shocking raid happened following the murder of ‘The Monk’s’ nephew Gary Hutch in September 2015 and kicked off a bloody feud between the capital’s Kinahan and Hutch crime gangs. The Regency Hotel murder attracted a considerable amount of publicity including the publication in the Sunday World of a photograph of one of the raiders in a wig and a man in a flat cap Photo taken by the Sunday World during the Regency Hotel gun attack in February 2016Ī Sunday World photograph was at the centre of the opening day of the trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch who is accused of the murder of Kinahan cartel member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016.īyrne was shot dead after a hit-team, some disguised as ERU gardai, stormed the north Dublin hotel as a boxing weigh-in took place, attended by a number of Kinahan cartel associates including Daniel Kinahan. The SWAT team members also found a machete and a pistol inside the vehicle.īain is charged with the first-degree murder of Blanchette and the attempted murder of several other people who were close by when the victim was killed.CAMERA SHY | The photo that trial heard had Gerry Hutch ‘worked up and edgy’ after Regency murder Arbour said he and his partner were only assigned the task of making sure the vehicle was safe to be searched by others so they did not take note of what kind of medication was inside. Montreal courthouse / Montreal Gazette Photo by Montreal courthouse / Montreal GazetteĪrbour said that as he took notes during the search, his partner found a small leather bag that contained another magazine for a rifle as well as what appeared to be several bottles of prescription medication. Two magazines, which could hold about 30 bullets each, were lying next to the rifles as was a license plate that had presumably been removed from the exterior of the Yukon. “Both (rifles) had scopes mounted on them and both were ready to fire,” Arbour said. Arbour said the two rifles - similar to the one used to kill Blanchette - were hidden underneath the blanket and each one had a bullet in the chamber, which meant they were ready to fire. Part of Arbour’s assignment was to make sure any firearms found inside the vehicle wouldn’t go off when a crime scene technician examined the Yukon. But, Arbour told the jury hearing the trial Monday at the Montreal courthouse, when his partner lifted a blanket spread out on the floor at the back of the vehicle “it was quite a surprise to us.” Ultimately, no explosives were found in the Yukon. Montreal courthouse / Montreal Gazette Photo by Montreal courthouse / Montreal Gazette This prompted the evacuation of two apartment buildings on de Maisonneuve St. One of the first Montreal police officers to arrive on the scene had glanced inside the Yukon and saw what he believed were wires on the floor of front passenger side of the vehicle. Mario Arbour, a member of the Montreal police SWAT team, described how he and his partner were assigned to do a quick but thorough search of the Yukon out of fear there were explosives inside. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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