Thomas McConnell became the fourth person to be found guilty of the murder of Gareth Hutch in an ambush in Dublin over eight years ago

Thomas 'Nicky' McConnell has become the fourth person to be found guilty of the murder of Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch's nephew

Thomas McConnell (38) of Sillogue Gardens, Ballymun, Dublin 11, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Gareth Hutch (36).

Mr McConnell is the fourth person to go on trial accused of the same murder.

After hearing two weeks of evidence, the trial at the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court had to restart in June 2023 when one of the judges was unable to continue.