Former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall tells a court he is ashamed of some of the things he said to Gerard Hutch in secret recordings of conversations between the two men.
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A recording device was planted in Dowdall's jeep which recorded around 10 hours of conversation between the pair.Some of the clips were played to the court on Tuesday, and Dowdall was asked to explain the contents of the conversation.In evidence on Tuesday, Dowdall says that is a reference to three AK-47 weapons.In a tape played to the court, Dowdall questions Gerard Hutch about a meeting he had with dissident republicans about handing over the "yokes" to them.
Dowdall was jailed for four years after admitting to facilitating the killing by renting a room at the hotel. But on Tuesday in evidence, Dowdall said he believes that was not true after reading who had been charged.On Monday, Dowdall said Gerard Hutch told him that he had shot dead Mr Byrne alongside another man referred to in court as Mago Gateley and that he was upset and not happy about it.
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