Former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall can begin giving evidence on Monday in the Gerard Hutch murder trial, a court has decided.
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The chief superintendent in charge of witness protection is travelling abroad and could only give evidence by Zoom. Lawyers for Mr Hutch, 59, had argued at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin that Dowdall's willingness to give evidence against their client wasThe presiding judge in the three-judge non-jury court, Ms Justice Tara Burns, rejected that argument.
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