There is no evidence apart from a statement by a former Sinn Féin councillor to link a man accused of murder to a key moment in the crime, a court has heard
BBC News Dublin Correspondent
A police officer agreed with the defence there "wasn't a scintilla of evidence", apart from his statement, that Jonathan Dowdall gave a hotel room key to Gerry Hutch.David Byrne was killed during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Airport Hotel in February 2016. He had been due to go in trial for murder, along with Gerry Hutch, but is now expected to give evidence for the prosecution.The three-judge non-jury court has heard Gardaí secret recordings of conversations between Dowdall and Gerry Hutch in Dowdall's jeep.
He said Dowdall wanted to mediate between the Hutches and their gangland rivals, the Kinahans, before and after the murder of David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in.The court also heard that Dowdall told Gardaí that he had nothing to do with David Byrne's murder and that that he was prepared to go into the witness box to defend himself.That evidence was given by Det Cathal Connolly who took notes of conversations he had with Dowdall and his wife, Patricia.
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