Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch Walks Free: Inside the Courtroom of the Regency Murder Trial | The Group Chat

With "the gangland trial of the century" now concluded, Richard and Zara chat to Virgin Media Courts Correspondent Deborah Naylor about the wider impact of the Regency shooting.
Deborah admits that in all her time in court, she had only seen one murder acquittal.
"It's not a common thing."
She tells them about the State's representatives' scathing reaction to the court's description of their witness, Jonathan Dowdall.
She recalls him being referred to as a "callous-based criminal."
"They effectively said he was someone whose evidence couldn't be trusted."
"It's fair to say they [the Courts] assassinated his character."
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00:00 | Gerry Hutch Walks Free
02:28 | Will He Give An Interview?
03:53 | State's Reliance on Johnathan Dowdall
04:48 | Problematic Witness
06:11 | Assassination of Dowdall's Character
07:25 | "The Three Yokes"
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[@robg5958]

Complete and utter incompetence on the part of the DPP and An Garda Siochana! There should be a public inquiry about their conduct and the Minister of Justice should be sacked. He is ultimately responsible for this debacle!

[@eoinlane6334]

Two bites at the cherry and both men walk free and tens off millions spent

[@rockontommy6295]

Evidence is a big part of it

[@df289]

Crime pays pretty well

[@michb144]

Shows that Ireland "to some extent" is not a police state.

[@raygreen5926]

Very true....we are lucky we live in a democracy....a few days ago Russia sent a man to prison for 25 years because he didn't agree with the war in the Ukraine 🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦

[@carolhall2302]

hardest court for anyone to be sent in front of 98 percent jailed people,

[@carolhall2302]

IS JOHNATHAN DOWDEL GETTING WITNESS protection forhis family and him after his lies laid out bare?

[@surinbasnet8305]

Gerrymandering,what's a plan u gonna stay an Ireland?....one journalist asked to the 'Monk'.....its better to him he can flee from Ireland coz,he is still big target from Cartel.

[@TheClassifiedMan]

Long live The Monk🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

[@vilamor007]

While the taxpayer pays up for criminality , also the loss of life.

[@horse6492]

The legendary monk is free again they'll never get him now