Gerry Hutch The Bullet Proof Monk 

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Gerard Hutch (born 11 April 1963) is an Irish criminal. He was the prime suspect for two of the biggest armed robberies in Irish history.

Known for leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" since leaving prison in 1985, he was nicknamed "The Monk" by investigative journalist Veronica Guerin.

Gerry Hutch is also the leader of the organized crime group the Hutch Gang, and was charged but acquitted of the murder of David Byrne.

Gerry The 'Monk' Hutch The Double Cross Part 1  

Gerry Hutch's Involvement in Robberies

Born in central Dublin on 11 April 1963, his criminal career began at the age of 10.  At some point in the 1970s, Hutch joined the Bugsy Malone Gang of inner city youngsters (named for the Bugsy Malone film), which he later led, and whose crimes included "jump-overs" - jumping over bank counters, grabbing cash and running.

He was later part of a gang involved in major robberies and received many convictions between 1970 and 1983 intermittently spending time in prison. His gang was said to have amassed an estimated IR£40 million from a series of bank robberies, jewellery heists, and fraud scams spanning almost eight years.

Hutch admitted to being a "convicted criminal" in a 2008 interview with The Independent, but insisted that he made his money through property deals, not crime.

Gerard Hutch is an Irish criminal. He was the prime suspect for two of the biggest armed robberies in Irish history. Known for leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" since leaving prison in 1985, he was nicknamed "The Monk" by investigative journalist Veronica Guerin. Hutch is also the leader of the organized crime group the Hutch Gang, and was charged but acquitted of the murder of David Byrne.

Gerry Hutch The Bullet Proof Monk

Gerry Hutch's Murder Charge

In April 2021, he became the subject of a European Arrest Warrant as Gardaí said they had enough evidence to charge him with murder in connection with the shooting of David Byrne.

The EAW was issued after the Director for Public Prosecutions moved that he be charged with murder and tried before the Special Criminal Court. Gerry Hutch is also likely to face other charges, such as attempted murder and possession of firearms. 

An investigation file was submitted by Garda detectives based in Ballymun to the DPP late in 2020. He was arrested in Spain in August 2021

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch The Education Of A Criminal Part 2

Gerard "Gerry" Hutch is an Irish criminal. He was the prime suspect for two of the biggest armed robberies in Irish history. Known for leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" since leaving prison in 1985, he was nicknamed " The Monk " by Veronica Guerin, an investigative journalist who was assassinated in 1996.

Gerry Hutch The Bullet Proof Monk 

Gerry 'Monk' Hutch Story Part 3 The Dublin Underworld

Gerry Hutch walks free from court after not guilty verdict in Regency Hotel murder trial

Gerry Hutch walks free from court after not guilty verdict in Regency Hotel murder trial

Gerry' The Monk' Hutch Story Part 4  The Trial Of The Century

"Gerry Hutch, The Bullet Proof Monk" -  the film

An INL News Group's Special Investigation Team formed to investigate the gang war that broke out a few years ago between the Hutch Crime Organisation and the international  Kinahan Transnational Criminal Organisation  (KTCO) is working with film screen play writers to write a film screen play and produce a film called

                         "Gerry Hutch, The Bullet Proof Monk"

Extradition and charge

On 29 September 2021 he was extradited to Ireland, flown in a military CASA 235 from Madrid to Casement Aerodrome by the Irish Defence Forces.  He was then taken to the Criminal Courts of Justice under armed Garda escort where he was charged with the murder of David Byrne before the Special Criminal Court. He was remanded in custody until 15 October at 10:30am. Other co-accused are to stand trial on 3 October 2022 and the state solicitor asked that he come in on that date, to which the three judges agreed.

Both Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall, who is also charged with the murder, claimed in judicial review before the High Court that trial before the Special Criminal Court would be unlawful and a breach of their fundamental rights because the court was acting as a permanent institution after being established on a temporary basis. These were dismissed by Mr Anthony Barr, who ruled that the legislation was neither temporary nor had any temporal limit. Both Hutch and Dowdall sought leave to appeal the High Court decision to the Supreme Court. On 5 May 2022 a panel reserved judgement in both cases.  After a request from counsel for the Attorney General, the case was adjourned until 1 July 2022, pending the Supreme Court decision.

The trial began in October 2022.

On 17 April 2023, Hutch was found not guilty.

On 21 April 2023, an investigator with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission resigned after allegations the officer had attended the same party as Hutch on the 19 April

Daniel Kinahan the  boss of  the international  Kinahan Transnational Criminal Organisation  (KTCO) -left

and Gerry Hutch-right...

Gerry Hutch's Legal Issues

In 1999, in the course of court proceedings brought against Hutch by the Irish state's anti-money laundering agency, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB), Detective Chief Superintendent Felix McKenna stated that Hutch had been involved in the IR£1.7 million robbery of an armoured van at Marino Mart in January 1987 and the £3 million armed robbery of a Brinks Allied Security Depot in Clonshaugh, County Dublin, in 1995, which had been the largest cash robbery in the State at the time.

Hutch eventually reached an £1.2m settlement with the CAB to "cover back taxes and interest for a nine-year period".

Hutch has also been awarded money from legal actions in Irish courts. These included £8,500 won from Securicor Ireland in June 1991, £2,000 from the Sunday Tribune newspaper in a libel action and around £26,000 won in legal actions against the Irish state.

In 2014, Hutch's Wikipedia article was one of the first pages requested for removal under the European Union's Right to be Forgotten Act. This required search engines, such as Google, to remove links to the Wikipedia article from their search results. The Wikimedia Foundation does not know who requested this removal. 

 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales described the act as "deeply immoral"

Film and Television

Hutch is depicted in the film Veronica Guerin, played by Alan Devine. It is based on the life of the late Irish journalist Veronica Guerin who had interviewed him.

Hutch appeared on RTÉ's Prime Time programme in March 2008 where he was interviewed about his life and criminal career. Hutch denied any criminal activity, since his last prison sentence, other than tax evasion.

Hutch was the subject of investigation in the Irish TV3 channel's television series, Dirty Money. Episode 5, which aired March 2008 was solely devoted to the assets seized by the CAB from Hutch and the threat to seize assets from his family

Gerry Hutch's Personal and Family Life

Gerry Hutch is the leader of the Hutch Gang, an organized crime group that includes members of his family. He is an uncle of Gary Hutch, who was shot dead in September 2015 near Marbella, Andalusia, Spain. His brother Eddie Hutch Snr. was shot dead in North Strand Dublin in February 2016. These killings are part of the Hutch-Kinahan feud between Hutch and the rival Kinahan family.

In 1998 he was a founding member of the Corinthians Boxing Club in Dublin and has served as treasurer for the club. The club has a full gym and a boxing ring. The latter was donated by film director Jim Sheridan after making the film The Boxer. 

After the CAB settlement in 1999, Hutch applied for and was granted a taxi licence, and set up the limousine service Carry Any Body. The name is a humorous reference to the Criminal Assets Bureau.  He has featured in the Irish media as he has driven celebrities  including Mike Tyson on their visits to Ireland.

Gerry Hutch - Wikipedia

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In 1987, Christy Kinahan was slapped with a relatively-lean six-year jail sentence, which Irish Sun Crime Editor Stephen Breen believes was crucial to the cartel’s success.

Following in the footsteps of notorious Dublin heroin peddler Larry Dunne (pictured above), Christy Kinahan set himself up in  Fairview in a quiet apartment block to peddler heroin in Dublin

Christy Kinahan on heroin charges:

Christy Kinahan cartel kingpin turned pale after he was caught red handed before croaking "I’m as sick as a parrot"

In April 2022, the Kinahan trio were officially targeted by the United States Department of the Treasury who have put up a $5million bounty for any information leading to their arrests. And while the brazen Kinahans have managed to stay on the run, holed up out of reach of US law enforcement overseas, Christy’s early forays into criminality were a far less sophisticated operation.

Former Garda Assistant Commissioner Michael O’Sullivan recalls how Christy Kinahan began preying on Dublin’s vulnerable drug users

Top ex-cop Mr O’Sullivan explained: “It was the most heroin I’d seen to that date and sitting nearby was Chris Kinahan.

Christy Kinahan

The retired Garda responsible for nailing Christy Kinahan on heroin charges has told how Christy Kinahan the cartel kingpin turned pale after he was caught red-handed

"From my recollection, when he looked at me, he went pale. And he said, ‘I’m as sick as a parrot.’” While he initially admitted to being responsible for the drugs haul, Christy changed his tune when he was brought before the courts and blamed an Algerian accomplice, whilst also claiming he himself was struggling with addiction. In 1987, he was slapped with a relatively-lean six-year jail sentence, which Irish Sun Crime Editor Stephen Breen believes was crucial to the cartel’s success. He said: “If he had been given a longer custodial sentence, it would have kept him off the streets a lot longer and therefore would have curtailed his further advancement into the world of drugs.

In April 2022, the Kinahan trio were officially targeted by the United States Department of the Treasury

Patrick Hutch, brother of Gary Hutch was charged with the murder of David Byrne

Man holding a gun dressed as a woman running from Regency Hotel 5th February 2016 after the execution of Kinahan Gang Member David Burn

Man known as Flat Cap running from Regency Hotel 5th February 2016 after execution of Kinahan Gang Member David Burn

A Man known as Flat Cap, running from Regency Hotel on 5thFeb 2016 after execution of Kinahan Gang Member David Burn

‘Flat Cap’ Kevin Murray was facing charges over the shooting dead of Kinahan gangster David Byrne is laid to rest as hundreds turn out for funeral.

Kevin Flat Cap Murray had been suffering from motor neuron disease before he died

David Byrne Kinahan Gang Member David Burn- Patrick Hutch-charged with the murder of David Byrne

The Hutch–Kinahan feud is a major ongoing feud between two criminal organisations in the Republic of Ireland that has resulted in the deaths of eighteen people, the majority of which have been perpetrated by the Kinahan family. The Hutch gang, led by Gerry Hutch, and the Kinahan Family, led by Daniel Kinahan, are the main participants. The feud has taken the form of a large number of attacks, mostly shootings, on people associated with the Hutch and Kinahan gangs (though some have been cases of mistaken identity). Most attacks have been in Dublin, a few elsewhere in Ireland, and some in Spain, including the initial murder of Gary Hutch which sparked off the feud. There was a shooting in 2014 however it is generally considered that the feud began in 2015, when Gary Hutch was murdered in Marbella, Spain and escalated after the February 2016 Dublin hotel attack. In 2016, just after the Regency Hotel attack, a Special Crime Task Force was created within the national Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB) to combat crime gangs, especially the Kinahan and Hutch gangs. Manned by at least 10 gardaí and three sergeants the task force was scheduled to close in 2021, however despite at least 18 people being killed in the feud, their success in preventing 50 other murder attempts means it will continue operating. As of June 2018, Gardaí have seized 456 firearms, €2.2 million in cash, and €64 million worth of drugs in their efforts to tackle the feud.  Commentators have noted that the feud highlights the difficulty An Garda Síochána have with policing Irish gangs with transnational structures.  2014 - Shooting of Jamie Moore - August On 4 August 2014, ex-boxer Jamie Moore was training Matthew Macklin at the Macklin's Gym Marbella gym in Marbella, Spain which Macklin had set up with Daniel Kinahan. Moore was shot twice in the leg, in a case of mistaken identity. Sources differ on whether the intended victim was Gary Hutch  or Daniel Kinahan. Moore recovered from the shooting  2015 - Murder of Gary Hutch - September  The murder of Gary Hutch at approximately 11:30 a.m. on 24 September 2015 initiated the ongoing feud. Gary Hutch, who was 34 years old at the time of his death, was shot dead at an apartment complex in the Miraflores neighborhood of Marbella, Spain. Originally from Champions Avenue in Dublin's city centre, Gary was the nephew of Gerry "the Monk" Hutch, the leader of the Hutch crime syndicate. At the time of his death, Gary was a "well-known" criminal in Dublin, who had previously been convicted of armed robbery. After his release from prison he moved to Spain, where had lived for the eight years prior to his death Gary, unarmed at the time of his killing, is reported have pleaded for his life before being shot by his killer. Gary Hutch had been working closely with Daniel Kinahan for some time before his death. By 2014, however, he was suspected as being an informant for the Spanish police, though this would posthumously be discovered to have been a false allegation. He also tried to shoot a senior Kinahan gang member.  Allegedly, Gerry Hutch had organised with Daniel Kinahan for a close associate of Gerry's to be shot in a "punishment shooting", as compensation for Gary's supposed role as an informant. Patrick Hutch, Gary's brother, is alleged to have voluntarily been shot in the leg by Daniel Kinahan in an attempt to save his brother's life. €200,000 was also paid to the Kinahan family by Gary Hutch, in exchange for his life. Both deals, however, were reneged upon, and Gary was killed. 

• In 2018, Dubliner James Quinn, a former boxer with a criminal record, was convicted of being involved in the murder by being a lookout and helping the killer to reach and flee the scene. He was also found guilty of a second charge of illegal weapons possession.

• The state prosecutor called on the judge to jail Quinn for a total of 28 years - 25 for the murder and 3 for the weapons possession charges. A life sentence was ruled out because jurors rejected the prosecution's claims that Quinn was a member of a criminal organisation despite the prosecution saying the killing was part of the Kinahan-Hutch feud. The jury also found that it had not been proven that Quinn had been paid for the murder.

• Quinn is a nephew of Martin Foley, a criminal known as "the Viper" who was an associate of Martin Cahill. He had worked as an enforcer for drug dealers and developed strong links with the Kinahans Hutch–Kinahan feud - Wikipedia

REGENCY SUSPECT BURIED 

‘Flat Cap’ Kevin Murray who was facing charges over the shooting dead of Kinahan gangster David Byrne is laid to rest as hundreds turnout for funeral

" If I leave my Dublin Office I can purchase anything from Xanax, Heroin or a Glock Gun within probably  30 minutes .. now there is something  fundamentally wrong with that type of society..'... states by Dublin  Solicitor  Malachy Steenson in his interview  with Sunday World...and Virgin News  

Malachy Steenson

Malachy Steenson qualified as a solicitor in 2009. He is also qualified in the Higher Courts of England and Wales. He has worked in the provision of legal services since 2000. Malachy holds an Honours degree in Law from the University of London and also a Masters Degree in Criminology from the same University

The Bullet Proof Monk

Gerry Hutch walks free through the doors of the Criminal Courts of Justice. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Gerry Hutch walks free from court after not guilty verdict in Regency Hotel murder trial

Gerry Hutch walks free from court after not guilty verdict in Regency Hotel murder trial

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch early interview

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch Gangland Ireland

Gerry The Monk Hutch walks free after Regency murder trial - Crime World

Rise of the Irish Kinahan Cartel

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

The Regency Hotel shooting in 2016 really ignited the feud - Eddie Hutch Snr was killed just days later

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

‘The Monk’ believes he will walk out the doors of the Special Criminal Court a free man 

 https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gerry-the-monk-hutch-so-29725992?int_source=mantis_rec&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this

 

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is expected to almost immediately head to Spain if he is found not guilty.

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is expected to almost immediately head to Spain if he is found not guilty

GerryTheMonkHutch-The 60-year-old looks almost unrecognisable in this photograph taken around the time of his arrest in Spain in 2021 for the murder of Kinahan associate Davie Byrne

D-Day has finally arrived for Gerry Hutch, who is said to be so confident he will be found not guilty - that he already has his flights booked. He’s spent over a year in custody in Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison, but on Monday ‘The Monk’ believes he will walk out the doors of the Special Criminal Court a free man.

If that happens it is likely Hutch, who remains a top target of the Kinahan cartel, will be facilitated with a swift exit out the side exit of the courts building - in the same way his nephew Patrick did in 2019.

He’s then expected to almost immediately head to Spain - free from the possibility of further arrest or the threat of the cartel.

If things don’t go his way then it’s back to his restricted landing in Wheatfield Prison, and a mandatory life sentence - which he may one day get to serve in Spain, awaits. But what exactly is in store this morning is anyone’s guess.

Covering the trial from the beginning I can tell you that there is no ‘smoking gun’ in the case against Gerard Hutch.

However that doesn’t mean the judges won't decide that there is compelling evidence to convict him of the murder of David Byrne.

In the end there are two main strands of evidence in this case - what’s said in a bugged 10 hour conversation - and the claims of State witness Jonathan Dowdall.Coupled together with the events before, at and after the shooting in the Regency Hotel, the State says there can be no doubt that The Monk was ‘one of the two’ gunmen dressed as gardai who shot and killed Byrne that day.

And in particular if Ms Justice Tara Burns, Judge Grainne Malone and Judge Sarah Berkeley find Dowdall’s claims credible, then Gerry Hutch is in real trouble.

Dowdall has supplied to the court what is termed ‘direct evidence,’ in that he is giving a first-hand account of alleged instances he had with the accused that the judges can determine to be credible or not.

By now most people know of Dowdall’s claim that he met with Hutch in Ellenfield Park in Whitehall either two or three days after the Regency shooting. The judges might decide that the questions around the exact timing of this incident are legitimate - given that Dowdall folded on the witness stand when challenged that phone evidence did not corroborate his claims.

But even that might not matter.

If the judges decide that the essence of the story, in that Dowdall claims Hutch confessed to murder to him in the days following the shooting, is true, then that spells a guilty verdict. They are likely to have forensically examined every word Dowdall said to gardai when he came forward in 2022, and in his incredible, but oftentimes meandering cross-examination on the witness stand. The judges may decide that Dowdall is not a reliable narrator when it comes to other evidence in the case - but if they believe him on the park confession, then that’s it.

Then when it comes to the tapes you have to remember that this was considered enough to charge ‘The Monk’ with murder in the first place. It was on that evidence that Hutch was quite dramatically returned to Ireland in a military jet and ushered into the Special Criminal Court late in the evening of September 27, 2021.

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch reluctantly agreed to his nephew being shot by cartel boss Daniel Kinahan - Independent.ie

Attack on Derek Hutch - October On 9 October 2015, two weeks after Gary Hutch was murdered, his younger brother Derek "Del Boy" Hutch was stabbed while serving a sentence for murder in Mountjoy prison. A €10,000 bounty had been put on him by Christy Kinahan. He survived the attack. Hutch–Kinahan feud - Wikipedia

Murder of Darren Kearns - December

On 30 December 2015, Darren Kearns, an associate of the Hutches, was shot dead in front of his wife shortly after he left the Phoenix Chinese restaurant on Blackhorse Avenue  He had convictions for drug dealing and spent time in prison. It is thought that Kearns and another gang member are responsible for a botched attempt on the lives of Kinahan gang members.

• No-one has been charged with the murder as of October 2021.

2016

2016 was the bloodiest year of the feud, with ten people being killed that year, six of whom were killed in the first six months of the year. Of the dead, six were associated with the Hutch gang, one with the Kinahans, and two were innocent men who were killed in cases of mistaken identity.

Regency Hotel attack, February

On 5 February 2016, a WBO boxing match for the European Lightweight title between Jamie Kavanagh and Antonio João Bento was to take place at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin. At the weigh-in, there was an organised armed attack; the match was cancelled after the shooting.^[26] There were at least four attackers wearing masks, army style-helmets and flak jackets; two of whom were disguised as members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit and armed with AK-47s. An associate of the Kinahan cartel, David Byrne, was shot dead; security sources said that the gang had intended to kill others. Two men were injured and taken to the Mater Private Hospital and Beaumont Hospital. It is believed that Daniel Kinahan, the son of Christy Kinahan, was the intended target, but he had left early. After the attack, security camera recordings suggested that six people had been involved, including a man disguised as a woman. The attackers escaped in a Ford Transit van which was later found burnt-out.

• On 18 May 2016, Patrick Hutch, the brother of Gary Hutch, was charged at the Criminal Courts of Justice with the murder of David Byrne. His trial for murder and possession of firearms was later set for January 2018 at the non-jury Special Criminal Court; he was denied bail.

• The trial of Patrick Hutch at the Criminal Courts of Justice for the murder of David Byrne collapsed on 20 February 2019, after the suicide of lead investigator, Detective Superintendent Colm Fox. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Superintendent was launched by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

• In October 2020 a 26 year old Hutch gang member was arrested with a Coolock criminal when Garda detectives halted an alleged drugs handover in which over three kilos of cannabis were seized. The Kinahan cartel reportedly believe he was involved in the Regency Hotel attack.

• In August 2021 Gerry Hutch was arrested in Spain on a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the shooting. At a trial in Ireland in March/April 2023, Gerry Hutch was acquitted, being found not guilty of the murder. Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney were found guilty of facilitating the murder of Byrne.

Murder of Eddie Hutch Snr - February

Three days after the Regency attack, Eddie Hutch Snr was killed at his home on 8 February 2016. He was an uncle of Gary Hutch. The motive for his death is suspected to be revenge for the death of David Byrne.

• The investigation into the murder is still ongoing as of 2022.

Murder of Vincent Ryan - February

On 29 February, Vincent Ryan was shot dead while sitting in his car outside his partner's home in Finglas on 29 February 2016.^[43] A brother of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, Vincent was murdered by members of the Kinahan gang, though sources differ on whether or not this was related to the Hutch-Kinahan conflict.

• Two men, Jeffrey Morrow and Paul O'Beirne, who pleaded guilty to assisting a criminal organisation in the murder. were sentenced to 11 and 9 years for the killing of Ryan,

Murder of Noel Duggan - March

On 23 March, Noel "Kingsize" Duggan, a friend of Gerry Hutch, was shot dead while sitting in his car outside his home in Ratoath, County Meath on 23 March 2016.

• The investigation is ongoing as of 2023.

Murder of Martin O'Rourke - April

Martin O'Rourke was shot dead on 14 April on Lower Sheriff Street, Dublin in a case of mistaken identity. He had no known criminal connections.

• Gardaí believe Glen Clarke was responsible for the shooting. Clarke was found dead in a stolen car in Ireland on 2 December 2016, shot through the head.

Murder of Michael Barr - April

Michael Barr was shot dead on 25 April 2016, in the Sunset House in Summerhill, Dublin. The Garda Síochána suspect he was killed by the Kinahan gang because of involvement in the Regency Hotel attack. He had dissident republican links and is understood to have provided the weaponry involved in the attack. The dissident republicans broke off ties with the Hutch gang after Barr's murder.

• Eamonn Cumberton was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of Barr. 

Murder of Gareth Hutch - May

On 24 May, Gareth Hutch was fatally shot by two attackers in the carpark of the Avondale House flats complex where he lived.^[23] He was a minor figure in the criminal world.

• In November 2018 the Special Criminal Court found Johnathan Keogh, his sister Regina Keogh and Thomas Fox guilty of the murder. All three were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Murder of David Douglas - July - David Douglas was fatally shot outside a shop he ran with his wife in Bridgefoot Street, Dublin 8, on 1 July. He had survived being shot the previous November.

• Lee Canavan was found guilt of the Douglas murder in 2021.

Murder of Trevor O'Neill - August 0 Trevor O'Neill, a Dublin City Council worker from Drimnagh was killed in a case of mistaken identity in Costa de la Calma, near Magaluf, on 17 August 2016 He was shot five times in front of his family.^[Gardaí believe that he was mistaken for a member of the Hutch family by the Kinahan gang.

• Glen Clarke, believed to be O'Neill's killer was found dead in a stolen car in Ireland on 2 December 2016, shot through the head.

Murder of Noel Kirwan - December

Noel "Duck Egg" Kirwan, a close associate of Gerry Hutch, was shot dead in front of his partner outside his house in Ronanstown in west Dublin on 22 December 2016. It is believed he was killed simply because of his association with Hutch, as he was photographed talking to him at Eddie Hutch's funeral in February 2016.

On 18 June, two men in their thirties were arrested by armed members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit and Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau on the Naas Dual carriageway. A Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun was found in one man's car. Both were linked to the Kinahan gang; one was a close associate of David Byrne. Gardaí believe they were planning to shoot someone.

2017 Knife attack on Tom Fox - March

Tom Fox, on remand in Mountjoy Prison in relation to the shooting death of Gareth Hutch, was attacked on 28 March 2017 along with another inmate, suffering multiple stab wounds.

Arrest of three Kinahan associates - April An Irish man in his thirties, another aged 58, and 58-year-old Estonian man Imre Arakas were arrested by armed members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit and Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau on 4 April 2017. They were arrested in Blakestown Road in Clonsilla in a safe house owned by Kinahan associate Eric Fowler who had allegedly tipped-off Gardaí, resulting in his death in December 2018. It is believed the Estonian may be a hired killer, brought into the country by the Kinahan gang to continue the feud. Drugs and a list of Hutch associates were found. Only Mr Arakas was charged.

Shooting of James Gateley - May James 'Mago' Gateley, a 29-year-old long-term friend of Gary Hutch, had been hiding out in Belfast and Newry having fled his home in Dublin's north inner city. On 10 May 2017, he was shot fives times by a lone gunman in his car at the Topaz petrol station on the Clonshaugh Road in North Dublin. It is believed a bullet-proof vest he was wearing saved his life as four shots went into it, but he was also shot in the jaw, causing serious injuries. Gately was in a red Mondeo and the shooter was in a black Lexus which pulled alongside the Mondeo before Gately was shot.  It was the second attempt on Gateley's life in six months.

• In July 2020 two men were charged at the Special Criminal Court with involvement with the attempted murder of James Gately. They were ordered to both reappear at the court on 8 July.

• On 8 July 2020 one of the men was granted bail despite Garda objections.

• On 5 January 2021 Caolan Smyth from Donore, County Meath was convicted of attempting to murder James Gately.Gary McAreavey of Castlebellingham, County Louth was convicted of acting to impede an apprehension or prosecution by purchasing petrol and assisting in the burning out of the car used in the attempted murder at Newrath, Dromiskin, Co. Louth. Sentencing is due on 25 January 2021.

• In July 2021 Peadar Keating of Rowlagh Green, Clondalkin pleaded guilty in the Special Criminal Court to directing the activities of a criminal gang between December 2016 and April 2017.  He admitted gathering information on James Gately and following him as well as involving Estonian hitman Imre Arakas to kill Gately. Gately has ten previous convictions, including one in Spain for brawling.^[73] Keating was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in September 2021.

Murder of Michael Keogh - May

Michael Keogh, whose brother, Jonathan Keogh and sister, Regina were convicted in 2018 of the murder of Gareth Hutch on 24 May 2016, had Kinahan links. He was shot dead on 31 May 2017. Keogh was in his car in the underground car park of the apartment complex where he lived in Dorset Street in north inner city Dublin.

He had previous convictions for assaulting Gardaí and for firearms offences. He was before the courts in 2016 in relation to a firearms charge. He was also a known associate of Jason Molyneux and other Hutch gang members. It is believed the Kinahan cartel killed him because of this. However, he had links with numerous different criminals and Gardaí could not rule out that he was killed by another criminal gang or that he was set up to be killed by Molyneux.

• Insufficient evidence had been found by 2021 to link the Hutch group to the murder.

Attempted murder of Gary Hanley - November

An attempt to murder Gary Hanley was thwarted by Garda surveillance of the likely perpetrators after tracking devices were found on Gary Hanley's car.

• Alan Wilson, who had previously been tried for murder, committed in 2008 and for attacking a man with a meat cleaver during a burglary in 2009 although found not guilty of both. Luke Wilson, who had a Beretta pistol and was a nephew of Alan and Joseph Kelly who had numerous previous convictions including previous firearms and explosive convictions. Alan Wilson pleaded guilty and was jailed for 6 years, Luke, also pleaded guilty, received 10 and Kelly 11 years.^[79] Others were also convicted.

Murder of Kane McCormack - December 24 year-old Kane McCormack was shot in the head on 1 December 2017. His body was found in Walterstown, Co. Meath between Leixlip and Dunboyne. He was last seen alive at 5pm the previous day after telling his partner he was going to meet someone. When he failed to return, his partner became concerned for his safety and contacted the Gardaí. His car was later found at an Aldi supermarket in Clonee.

Gardaí believe he parked his car at the Aldi in Clonee and then got into a black saloon-type car. Gardaí in Finglas later received a call that a black Audi was on fire just off the M50 at Meakstown Cottages at about 6pm.

Kane McCormack was a son of Noel Kirwan, who was had been shot about a year before as part of the feud between the Kinahans and Hutches. One line of inquiry is that the Kinahan gang believed he posed a threat to them because he wanted revenge for his fathers' death. He had been officially warned by the Gardaí that his life was in danger. McCormack had been caught with 50 rounds of .32 ammunition in November 2017. It was suspected the ammunition was connected with dissident Republican extortion rackets. Gardaí believe he had enemies other than the Kinehan gang

• A man was arrested on suspicion of McCormack's murder on 17 December 2018 but was released without charge. On 6 March 2019, another man was arrested in Mountjoy Prison in connection with the murder but he too was released without charge.

2018 Murder of Derek Coakley-Hutch - January

At about 3pm on 20 January 2018, Derek Coakley-Hutch was shot while he sat in a car in the Bridgeview halting site beside Cloverhill Prison. He had gone to the prison earlier in the day to visit his brother Nathan, then returned to the area with two other men in a car. They were there to throw drugs over the prison wall. The two men got out of the car and went to part of the halting site where horses were kept in a pen. On hearing shots, they ran back to the car, which had moved a short distance. They tried to resuscitate Coakley-Hutch, but he died at the scene., having been shot in the head a number of times. He had been warned that his life was in danger.

Gardaí believe the killers escaped in a black Volkswagen Golf that was set on fire at nearby Crag Avenue before transferring to a black Toyota Avensis which was found burned out at Snowdrop Walk, Darndale.

Derek Coakley-Hutch had a criminal record, having previously pleading guilty to possession of an imitation firearm during the robbery of a Spar in Styles Road, Clontarf on 11 June 2015. He had carried the coffin of his uncle, Eddie Hutch, who had been shot as part of the feud.He was also a nephew of Gerry Hutch.

• Nobody has been charged as of July 2022, despite 450 lines of enquiry.

National Boxing Stadium shooting - January

A member of the Hutch family was due to compete in a tournament on 26 January 2018. It began at the National Boxing Stadium on the South Circular road in Dublin, and there was a heavy Garda presence as a result. A car pulled up near the National Stadium at around about 9.45pm on the night of the tournament and fired at a man who is known to gardaí; he was hit in the foot as he ran towards Griffith College. The second man, who was injured in the hand, is understood to have been a student at the college who had been walking nearby. Both men, who were aged in their 40s and 20s, were taken to St James Hospital with injuries which were not life threatening.Two cars were later found burnt-out in north Dublin.

Murder of Jason Molyneux - January

Jason Molyneux, a well-known Dublin criminal with 122 prior convictions, was shot dead on 30 January 2018. He was shot at the James Larkin House flats complex on the North Strand close to where he lived, and had just returned from the wake of his friend Derek Coakley-Hutch who had been shot dead 10 days earlier. The two-man hit team immediately drove from North Strand to the nearby East-Link Toll Bridge and abandoned their Renault Kango van. They returned two hours later and attempted to set fire to it.

Attempted murder of Patsy Hutch - March

Three men were arrested in a van in the car park of the Belmont apartments in Gardiner Street at 8am on 10 March 2018.They were armed with a sub-machine gun, an automatic pistol and a revolver. Another man was arrested later in the day and further searches were conducted in several locations in Dublin. These searches yielded a machine gun and another firearm, a silencer and a quantity of ammunition.

Gardaí believed that the men were intending to attack Patsy Hutch, brother of Gerry Hutch. Patsy's son Gary had been shot dead in Spain by the Kinahans in Spain in 2015. Patsy himself has no connections to crime, but he has survived at least three attempts on his life and had been warned repeatedly by the Gardaí that his life was in danger. Despite the threats on his life he has refused to move from his home.

Gardaí believed that the men intended to create a disturbance that would draw Patsy out of his home and then attack him.

Late on the night of 27 March 2018 three walls in the north inner city of Dublin near Patsy Hutch's home were daubed with the graffiti "Patsy dies feud ends". Gardaí believe the graffiti was to draw Patsy out of his house in order to shoot him.

• In July 2019 the three man hit squad, Gary Thompson, his brother Glen Thompson, were each jailed for 12 years and six months. Afghan war veteran Robert Browne was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison.

• In June 2020, Michael Burns, Stephen Curtis and Ciarán O'Driscoll were jailed for a total of nineteen years for their parts in a plot to murder Patrick "Patsy" Hutch. Burns was sentenced to nine years in prison while the other two were sentenced to five years each. The execution was to be carried out for the Kinahan gang which is organised in a hierarchical structure with cells and subcells.

• Burns had received instructions on an encrypted phone from someone referred to as Suspect Number 1 and the evidence definitely involved in the preparation of the murder attempt. Burns passed on instructions developed by others and was not at the top of the hierarchy. Burns was also a supervisor in the plot who organised cars and phones.

• Curtis had acted in a more limited role that was nevertheless important - he was involved in meetings and had obtained phone and SIM cards for the hit-team. He was recorded expressing reservations about Suspect Number 1 and saying he wanted to get out of the gang.

• O'Driscoll would perform the role of watching Patsy Hutch's house until he emerged then alert the hit-team so they could shoot him. His grandmother lived on Champions Avenue and he was useful to the gang as his presence on the road would not rouse any suspicions. He took risks that were naive, such as using his own phone which assisted in his identification.He did not stand to gain in any significant way and was told that his drug debt would be cleared.

• On 31 August 2020 Patrick Curtis, 38, of Bellman's Walk, Seville Place, Dublin 1 and Mohammed Smew, 27, of Milner's Square, Shanowen Road, Santry, Dublin 9 were jailed. Curtis was sentenced to ten years while Smew was sentenced to seven years.

• Mr Justice Tony Hunt said both men were part of a sub-cell of the Kinahan organised crime group.Patrick Curtis was the most senior member of the subcell and he was entrusted to take orders on an encrypted phone from someone at the highest level of the gang known by the pseudonym "Lordnose". Gardaí were able to access some of the messages because Curtis could not remember all the instructions and photographed some of them on his own phone.

• Smew had pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of a criminal organisation, namely the murder of Mr. Hutch, by providing, moving and repairing vehicles and planning or assisting to plan an attempted shooting between 1 February 2018 and 3 March 2018.

• Smew was involved in planning and was part of the original hit team with Mark Capper, but he could not take part because he was arrested in Tallaght for looting a Centra shop during Storm Emma.

• Their sentences were backdated to December 2019, when they were first arrested.

Arrest of two Kinahan associates - July

Two men were arrested in front of the SuperValu shop on Howth Road in Killester on 16 July 2018. They were arrested by the Garda Emergency Response Unit who found a loaded handgun in their car. The two men, aged 25 and 28, are known by Gardai to be connected to the Kinahan gang and it was suspected that they were targeting a member of the Hutch gang.

Murder of Clive Staunton - November

Clive Staunton, a street trader, was shot dead outside his home around 9:15pm on 15 November 2018. He had been selling merchandise at the Beggars Bush junction before the Ireland v Northern Ireland match at the Aviva Stadium. Normally he sold merchandise before and after matches, but he left during the game. He arrived at his home in the Glen Easton estate in Leixlip around 9:10-9:15pm. A gunman fired shots through the windscreen and drivers window - Staunton tried to escape but the gunman shot him twice in the head. The gunman fled in a silver/grey Volvo S40 which was later found burnt out in Kilbride, County Wicklow. Mr Staunton was originally from the Greek Street flats of Dublin, but had lived in Leixlip for more than 20 years.  He was a widower and was a distant relation through marriage of the Hutch family. He had minor convictions for counterfeiting, but was never involved in serious criminality. Gardai confirmed that a link to the feud was one element of the investigation.

• Some arrests have been made, but nothing has reached court as of 2022.

Murder of Eric Fowler - December

On 22 December 2018, exactly two years after Noel Kirwan had been shot dead, 34-year-old Eric Fowler was shot in the head and killed at his home at Blakestown Cottages in Clonsilla. Two gunmen waited outside the house before running up as he was locking his car. He was shot a number of times in the head and collapsed at the side of the house despite trying to escape. A silver Volkswagen Jetta was found burnt out at Rusheeny Green in Clonee. Fowler had been formally warned by Gardaí that there was a credible threat to his life. Gardaí said there were a number of lines of inquiry, but it was possible that it was connected to the local criminal feuds in Finglas and Blanchardstown or possibly to the Kinahan-Hutch feud.

• Nobody has been charged with the murder and the Garda have no suspect they can charge as of July 2022.

2019 Lee Boylan attempted murder - March - 24 year-old Lee Boylan was shot three times and critically injured on 6 March 2019. He was driving a van on Blakestown Road in Clonsilla close to the scene of the murder of Boylan's friend Eric Fowler over two months previously. A BMW 3 Series that was involved in the shooting was found burnt out on nearby Saddlers Drive. Boylan was an associate of the Kinahan cartel and it is unclear if they organised his shooting or if the Hutch gang were behind it. Boylan has life changing injuries.

• The getaway driver Alan Graham, was jailed for 10 years. He had already spent 10 years in jail in 2010 when found with €750,000 worth of cocaine and €200,000 in cash.

Kinahan family and associates

The Kinahan crime family is primarily involved in the drug trade.

• Christy Kinahan: Also known as "the Dapper Don",Kinahan, born 1958 (age 64-65), is the head of the Kinahan crime family.
• Daniel Kinahan: Christy's eldest son, and allegedly manages the day-to-day operations of the family's criminal empire. A boxing promoter, Daniel has worked as an advisor for Tyson Fury.
• Imre "The Butcher" Arakas: A notorious Estonian hitman, he is known for committing murders in several European countries, such as Estonia (his home country), Lithuania, Spain and Ireland, in addition to having killed dozens of members of the Russian Mafia. He is the assassin who was hired by the Kinahans to kill James "Mago" Gately (an associate of Gerry Hutch).
• Declan "Mr Nobody" Brady: One of Daniel Kinahan's closest associates, he holds some of the most important positions within the gang: he is the main logistics man and quartermaster of the Kinahans, being primarily responsible for the gang's weapons depot and for their safety as a result.
• Ross Browning: A native of Dublin, Ireland, he is one of the Kinahan family's top lieutenants. Considered Daniel Kinahan's right-hand man, he has been responsible for the operations of the Kinahan crime syndicate in Ireland for over two decades and as a result, he has become a priority target for the Gardaí and the CAB due to his proximity to Daniel Kinahan.
• David Byrne † Killed February 2016 at the Regency Hotel (now the Bonnington Dublin) in Whitehall, Dublin.
• Liam Byrne: A notorious and dangerous Dublin gangster, he is a high-ranking member of the Kinahan Family. He comes from a criminal family led by his father James Byrne (who was an associate of notorious Irish gangster Martin "The General" Cahill) and is the older brother of David Byrne, an associate of the Kinahan Family who was murdered on February 5, 2016. He is also a cousin of another member of the Kinahan family, Freddie "Fat" Thompson.
• Douglas 'Oscar' Glynn - A footsoldier jailed for 6.5 years for involvement in the foiled plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately.
• Leon Griffin: A footsoldier for the gang, he's a friend of Freddie Thompson and is known to be one of the most brutal and volatile criminals not only in the Kinahan family, but in all of Dublin.
• Gerard "Hatchet" Kavanagh: He was believed to have worked as a debt collector and enforcer for the Kinahans. He was shot dead on 5 September 2014 in Elivira, Marbella. Aged forty-four at the time of his death, he had been heavily involved in the drug trade for over 20 years.
• Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh: One of the leaders of the Kinahan family (he is the second-in-command), he is considered by many to be Ireland's most feared mobster and is considered the main name of the Kinahan family in the UK.^[130][131] He is known to be brutal and very violent, being responsible for at least 7 murders. His cousins Paul Kavanagh and Gerard "Hatchet" Kavanagh were also members of the Kinahan family (both were murdered in cold blood by "Bomber" Kavanagh).
• Ciaran O’Driscoll: A footsoldier for the gang, he has a criminal record that ranges from possession of illegal drugs to attempted murder (he was one of those involved in the attempted murder of Patrick "Patsy" Hutch, Gerry Hutch's older brother).
• Paul Rice: A high-ranking member of the Kinahan family, he is notoriously known for being extremely violent and because of this, he is considered a high-value target by both the Hutch family and other enemy gangs.
• Freddie Thompson: A cousin of Liam Byrne, he was the head of the Dublin branch of the Kinahan gang from 1997 to 2008, when he had to leave Ireland over a feud he had with the INLA. Currently serving a life sentence for the murder of David "Dathi" Douglas. He is considered a key figure in the Crumlin-Drimnagh feud.

Hutch family and associates

The Hutch crime family is primarily involved in robberies.

• Gerry Hutch: Also known as "the Monk", he earned his nickname because he does not drink alcohol, smoke, or take drugs.^[141] Born in 1964 (aged 57), Gerry is the head of the Hutch crime family.
• Gary Hutch: † He was a nephew of Gerry Hutch, and had worked for the Kinahan family, being described as once having been Daniel Kinahan's "right-hand man". His murder in September 2015 initiated the ongoing feud.
• Eddie Hutch: † Brother of Gerry Hutch, he was shot dead on 8 February 2016.
• Derek "Del Boy" Hutch: Brother of Gary Hutch. He is considered one of the most violent members of the Hutch family, with a long criminal record (ranging from robbery and armed robbery to murder). Del Boy Hutch changed his surname by deed poll in 2021 shortly before being released from prison.
• Noel "Kingsize" Duggan: † A close friend of Gerry Hutch, it is known to the police that he was involved in the lucrative cigarette smuggling in Dublin. He was brutally murdered on 23 March 2016 by a team of hitmen connected to Christy Kinahan.
• James "Mago" Gately: an associate of Gerry Hutch, he is a prime target of the Kinahans, having been targeted twice in 2017, as the Kinahans believe he played a role in the 2016 Regency Hotel attack, which it is assumed the target would be Daniel Kinahan and which culminated in the death of an associate of the Kinahan Family, David Byrne (brother of a key member of the Kinahan gang, Liam Byrne).
• Gary Hanley: One of Gerry Hutch's most elusive associates, Gary Hanley is famously known to have escaped several attempts on his life unharmed (as a result he is considered one of the main targets of the Kinahans).
• Jason "Buda" Molyneux: † A criminal with over 120 convictions, he was shot dead on 30 January 2018.

Gardai targeting organised crime send 40 people before court charged with 60 offences

Irish Mirror Online

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gardai-targeting-organised-crime-send-29411457 

Officers have been undertaking targeted enforcement and preventative activity and have successfully reduced the rate of winter burglaries

BY SOPHIE COLLINS 9 MAR 2023

Organised crime group busted by Gardai in North Dublin as 40 people appear in court charged with 60 offences Gardai have sent 40 people to appear before Dublin District Courts this morning following a comprehensive policing operation conducted as part of Operation Thor in North Dublin. This operation was launched in November 2015 and was designed to tackle the anticipated increase in number of burglaries and associated criminal activities that usually occur in winter months.

Officers have been undertaking targeted enforcement and preventative activity and have successfully reduced the rate of winter burglaries, leading to a significant decline in property-related crime since its introduction in 2015. This latest leg of the operation was carried out by gardai in the Coolock and Raheny areas and specifically targeted organised crime groups and repeat offenders through coordinated crime prevention and enforcement activity based on intelligence and the latest burglary trends.

The group appearing before the courts today consists of 39 men and one woman - aged between 18 and 63.

They have been charged with a total of 60 offences including burglary and associated crime and will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ), Swords, and Balbriggan District Courts at 10:30 am.

Garda plan targets organised crime – The Irish Times

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/garda-plan-targets-organised-crime-1.869898

Gerry Hutch walks free through the doors of the Criminal Courts of Justice. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch reluctantly agreed to his nephew being shot by cartel boss Daniel Kinahan as part of a bizarre deal to prevent a war erupting between the two crime clans.

The move followed a botched attempt to assassinate Kinahan in Marbella on August 4, 2014 which had been hatched by Gary Hutch and his brother Patrick, the sons of Patsy Hutch.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/gerry-the-monk-hutch-reluctantly-agreed-to-his-nephew-being-shot-by-cartel-boss-daniel-kinahan-42444281.html

 Daniel Kinahan flees to Iran from Dubai over fear of being used as a ‘bargaining chip

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/daniel-kinahan-flees-to-iran-from-dubai-over-fear-of-being-used-as-a-bargaining-chip/ar-AA1a82KM?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ef70a5e5efd34456926df32a91b0d676&ei=11

Story by Ken Foy and Ali Bracken 

Cartel boss Daniel Kinahan is believed to have fled Dubai and relocated to Iran as he desperately tries to avoid extradition to face justice, the Irish Independent can reveal.

As Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch enjoyed his first few days of freedom in Dublin this week, it is understood that senior members of the Kinahan cartel – including its leader – have fled Dubai for a “safe haven” within Iran.

The 45-year-old mob boss is under mounting pressure from law enforcement agencies across the globe and is understood to have become “fearful” in recent months that authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would “hand him over” to the US police or An Garda Síochána.

This is despite Kinahan allegedly handing over “huge sums” to corrupt officials within Dubai to ensure his family’s protection and freedom over the past couple of years.

Senior members of the cartel are concerned that living in the UAE is “no longer safe” as gardaí and the US authorities pressure the government there to expel Kinahan and his associates.

A source said: “Daniel and his immediate family do not want to run this risk and are believed to be gone, for now at least.

“There have been recent cases involving the authorities in the UAE agreeing to hand over criminals to other jurisdictions that seek them, such as the Americans. The Kinahans fear they could well be used as a bargaining chip.

“Their reality is Dubai is no longer considered to provide them with the protection it once did.”

It is understood the Kinahan cartel has links to terrorist groups in Iran as well as funding.

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Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s nephew Ross ‘now in complete panic’ after losing prison protection of uncle

Clean-shaven Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch spotted sporting new look on streets of Dublin today

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch photographed after his release

 

 Hutch Kinahan Feud - Gangland Ireland

 

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch

Gerry-The Monk-Hutch photographed after his release

Gerard "Gerry" Hutch is an Irish criminal. He was the prime suspect for two of the biggest armed robberies in Irish history. Known for leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" since leaving prison in 1985, he was nicknamed " The Monk " by Veronica Guerin, an investigative journalist who was assassinated in 1996.

Hutch acquitted in Regency shooting trial Frank Greaney

What now for Gerry-The Monk-Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall 

Gerry Hutch - Wikipedia

Gerard "Gerry" Hutch Early life

Born in central Dublin, his criminal career began at the age of 10.

At some point in the 1970s, Hutch joined the Bugsy Malone Gang of inner city youngsters (named for the Bugsy Malone film), which he later led, and whose crimes included "jump-overs" - jumping over bank counters, grabbing cash and running.

He was later part of a gang involved in major robberies and received many convictions between 1970 and 1983 intermittently spending time in prison.

His gang was said to have amassed an estimated IR£40 million from a series of bank robberies, jewellery heists, and fraud scams spanning almost eight years. Hutch has also been awarded money from legal actions in Irish courts. These included £8,500 won from Securicor Ireland in June 1991, £2,000 from the Sunday Tribune newspaper in a libel action and around £26,000 won in legal actions against the Irish state.

Hutch admitted to being a "convicted criminal" in a 2008 interview with The Independent, but insisted that he made his money through property deals, not crime

Gerry Hutch walks free from court after being cleared of the murder of David Byrne

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch seen leaving the court after found not guilty of murder. The boxer had been on trial for the murder of David Byrne, who was shot six times at a boxing weigh-in at Dublin's Regency Hotel in Dublin

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch on his way to court 

Gerry Hutch walks free from court after not guilty verdict in Regency Hotel murder trial (msn.com)