Jonathan Dowdall has claimed the six men involved in the Regency Hotel attack were all friends of Gerry Hutch.

The former Sinn Féin councillor is testifying against Mr Hutch, who is on trial for the murder of David Byrne, who was shot dead at a boxing event at the hotel in 2016.

This morning, he said Mr Hutch lied to him when he told him the six men involved in the Regency Hotel attack didn’t know each other.

Jonathan Dowdall claims Gerry Hutch lied to him when he told him the six men involved in the Regency Hotel attack didn't know each other. He told the judges they did know each other and went on to claim they're "all family members and all his friends."

— Frank Greaney (@FrankGreaney) December 13, 2022

He told the judges of the non-jury court that those responsible did know each other and he went on to claim Gerry knew who they were too, adding: "They’re all family members and all his friends.”

When asked what were “the three yokes” they’re recorded talking about on a bugged car journey to Northern Ireland, Dowdall said they refer to the AK47s used in the attack.

Yesterday, he claimed Mr Hutch confessed to him that he was one of the men who shot Mr Byrne.

In relation to the Hutch-Kinahan feud, Jonathan Dowdall tells court:

"Gerry Hutch didn't start the feud. It was Patsy's sons. It wasn't the Kinahans."

— Frank Greaney (@FrankGreaney) December 13, 2022

Dowdall has now finished giving his direct evidence.

Later today he will be cross-examined by lawyers for Mr Hutch.