Irish Daily Mirror

Trial resumes in Regency murder case

- BY NIALL O’CONNOR

Patrick Hutch THE trial of Patrick Hutch for murder will resume next month.

The Special Criminal Court was yesterday told a report into the death of Det Supt Colm Fox, who died from a gunshot wound at Ballymun Garda station, is complete.

Hutch, of Champion Avenue in Dublin, denies murdering David Byrne, 34, during a boxing weighin at the city’s Regency Hotel on February 5, 2015.

The 25-year-old also denies possession of weapons on the same day.

The trial was adjourned following the sudden death of chief investigat­or Det Supt Fox.

Three notes written by the officer had been given to the three-judge panel at a previous hearing.

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