The Monk 'fled Spain just before gardai secured warrant for his extradition'

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Gerry “The Monk” Hutch fled his Spanish bolthole just days before gardai secured a European Arrest Warrant for him, it has emerged

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Gardai have been tracking the Dubliner since he left Ireland in 2016 - as he has always been a formal suspect for the Regency Airport Hotel gun attack in the city that February that saw Byrne, 34, shot dead and two others injured, They spent years working on the probe and three months ago we revealed that they had formally asked the Director of Public Prosecutions to charge Hutch with Byrne’s murder.

That would have allowed cops in any EU country to arrest him on sight. And they were also hopeful that Turkey, which is not in the EU, would arrest and deport Hutch on their request. “He moved around so much because the Kinahans have a contract on his head. It will be even more difficult now there is a charge sheet on him.Sources said one possibility was that Hutch could be headed for the United Kingdom, where he has underworld contacts,

Sources say gardai are confident there is enough evidence for the Monk to be convicted in the Irish courts - if and when he is found.

 

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