The Special Criminal Court has heard that Gareth Hutch died of multiple gunshot injuries after he was shot in the car park of a Dublin city flats complex over two years ago.
Mr Hutch, nephew of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, suffered four gunshot wounds, two to the back of the neck, one to the lower back and one to the right of the upper chest.
The 36-year-old was fatally injured as he was getting into his car outside Avondale House flats on North Cumberland Street in Dublin on the morning of 24 May 2016.
A brother and sister as well as another man are on trial accused of murdering Mr Hutch.
Thomas Fox, 31, with an address at Rutland Court, Dublin 1, Regina Keogh, 41, from Avondale House, Cumberland Street North, Dublin 1 and Jonathan Keogh, 32, of Gloucester Place, Dublin 1, have pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Hutch.
Mr Fox has also denied unlawfully possessing a Makarov 9mm handgun on 23 May 2016 at the same place.
Fiona Murphy BL read the post-mortem report to the court. Professor Marie Cassidy, the Chief State Pathologist, carried out the post-mortem examination on Mr Hutch's body on 24 May after he had been shot a number of times by two gunmen at 9.55am that morning.
In her statement, Dr Cassidy said Mr Hutch died as a result of multiple gunshot injuries.
She said Mr Hutch suffered four gunshot injuries, two to the back of the neck, one to the lower back and one to the right of the upper chest.
Three of the bullets had travelled in a similar direction from the back to the front of Mr Hutch's body.
The fourth bullet had travelled across the deceased's chest cavity and lodged in his left arm.
The court heard that all bullets were recovered.
Mr Hutch had suffered injuries to his neck, ribs, heart and brain, she said.
Attempts were made to resuscitate Mr Hutch but he had lost in excess of 2.5 litres of blood, Dr Cassidy said. He was not intoxicated by alcohol or drugs at the time of his death.
Earlier, the court heard evidence from Garda Jack Costigan and Garda Amy Collins, who were the first officers on the scene.
Gda Costigan told prosecution counsel Paul Burns SC that he arrived at Avondale House at 10am on 24 May where large crowds had gathered in the car park.
Gda Costigan said Ross Hutch approached him in an "erratic manner" and asked him what had taken him so long to get there.
The court heard previously that the slain man's cousin, Ross Hutch, arrived on the scene after the alleged murder, saw Gareth on the ground and followed the two attackers for a while before turning back.
Gda Costigan testified that he saw a brown-handled handgun in the middle of the car park with a silver silencer attached to it.
A second gun was lying between a white van and a black BMW car, he added.
Gda Collins gave evidence that the driver's door of the black BMW was "slightly open" and the engine was running.
Using latex gloves, Gda Collins said she leaned into the car and switched off the engine.
The statement of Dr Sinead McArdle, a consultant in emergency medicine at the Mater Hospital, was read into the record by the prosecution this morning.
The court heard Dr McArdle pronounced Mr Hutch dead at 10.38am.
A statement by John Hutch, father of the deceased, was also read into evidence in which he said he identified his son's body to Detective Garda Fergal O'Flaherty at 12.53pm on 24 May.
At the opening the trial, Mr Burns told the court that the killing of Mr Hutch was not a spontaneous or spur of the moment act but a "brutal and callous murder".
"It was premeditated and a significant amount of planning had gone into it," counsel said.
The prosecution say the three co-accused each had their own part to play in bringing about the death of Mr Hutch.
It is the prosecution case that Mr Keogh was one of the two gunmen, together with another
man, who directed the attack which killed Mr Hutch.
Both he and Mr Fox were "instrumental" in the planning and carrying out of the attack, the State says.
The prosecution contend that the evidence of Mary McDonnell, who had a flat at Avondale House, is "important" in this trial, as the three accused had gathered in her home in the hours before the murder.
Her kitchen window had a view into Mr Hutch's flat.
It is the prosecution's case that five vehicles were involved in this shooting, and DNA and fingerprint evidence link Mr Keogh and Mr Fox to these vehicles.
The trial continues this afternoon before Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Patricia Ryan and Judge Michael Walsh.
