![]() Rowan received a seven-and-a-half-year sentence for possession of the firearms and membership of the IRA. The rifles were later determined by ballistics experts to be the very same ones that were used by the hit-team dressed as fake gardai who burst their way into the Regency Hotel and caused chaos a month before. Less than an hour later gardai pulled over and arrested Shane Rowan - discovering the three rifles in the boot of the car. Read more: Man who gave evidence in Regency Trial insists he did not lie to court The three judges ultimately ruled that the court was satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt of the events of March 9, 2016, during which convicted IRA man Shane Rowan was observed by the Garda National Surveillance Unit (NSU) meeting with Patsy Hutch in the Newtown Industrial Estate in Malahide, North Dublin.ĭuring that incident Rowan was observed meeting Patsy and getting into his Toyota Yaris, while separately men were observed transferring the three AK47 rifles into the boot of Rowan’s Insignia - parked nearby. The 52-day murder trial of Gerry Hutch contained several moments where his brother Patsy’s name was mentioned in relation to events alleged by the State. He was also given a ten-year sentence after he was caught with the gun and silencer.īefore this conviction, he was caged for six years for knifing lad Barry Maguire in Co Meath on St Stephen’s Day in 2007. Patrick was freed from custody and the murder charge was dropped after it emerged that then lead investigator - Detective Superintendent Colm Fox, had died in tragic personal circumstances in Ballymun Garda Station.ĭerek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch was freed from prison in 2021 after serving a 16-year sentence he received in 2012 for his role in an armed raid in May 2009 in Lucan, Dublin, during which his friend Gareth Molloy was shot dead by gardai. Patrick denied murdering Byrne, and in a dramatic development in 2019, his Special Criminal Court trial sensationally collapsed. Patrick was accused of playing a central role in that incident - with the State alleging that he was the gunman dressed in drag with a blonde wig and glasses on the day of the murder. Patrick, like his father Patsy, is considered to be a major target for the ruthless Kinahan cartel, who blame the pair for the murder of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016. The pair were seen laughing and joking as they walked through the inner city - with ‘Del Boy’ seen holding a large black bag. ![]() Gerry Hutch to launch bid to get State to pay up to €400,000 in huge payout after not guilty verdictĮarlier in the day before we approached Patsy, we spotted his sons Patrick and Derek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch - seen together in public for the first time.Gerry Hutch made toasties and fried spuds for fellow inmates in prison.Patsy is the father of Gary Hutch, who was brutally murdered by the Kinahan cartel in September 2015, and whose death sparked the bloody Kinahan Hutch feud. Patsy has continued to stroll the streets of Dublin in spite of an active threat on his life from the Kinahan cartel - and as the taxpayer continues to fund the 24 hour garda presence outside his Champions Avenue home. Ms Justice Burns also went further in her scathing judgement last month, saying that the court was satisfied that Patsy, who is not charged with any offence, “was centrally involved” in the movement of the three AK47 rifles that were used in the Regency, when they were given to IRA man Shane Rowan on March 9, 2016.īut when approached with these claims this week Patsy stayed quiet, ignoring this reporter and continuing on his walk, seemingly without a care in the world. ![]() We approached Patsy near his inner city home where a 24-hour garda presence protects his family - and mere minutes after his sons - convicted killer Derek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch, and Regency-accused Patrick Jr, were seen strolling the streets of the capital.Īfter finding his brother Gerry not guilty of Byrne’s murder last month, respected Judge Tara Burns told the Special Criminal Court that “a reasonable possibility arises on the evidence that the Regency was planned by Patsy Hutch and that Gerard Hutch stepped in, as head of the family, to attempt to sort out the aftermath.” Read more: State objects The Monk's bid to have his estimated €400,000 legal costs paid for Patsy, 62, a brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch was directly named by Ms Justice Tara Burns in the Special Criminal Court last month as possibly being the organiser of the dramatic gangland hit that claimed the life of David Byrne in February 2016.īut when confronted on the streets of Dublin and asked to comment on Ms Justice Burns findings, Patsy appeared to roll his eyes, and kept on walking - without uttering a word. Kinahan target Patsy Hutch rolled his eyes and refused to comment when confronted about claims that he plotted the Regency Hotel shooting.
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