, while travelling as a passenger in a car allegedly found to have a glock firearm, two explosive devices and an unlicensed air pistol.
The deceased was a nephew of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch, whose criminal gang is involved in a feud with drug dealer Christy Kinahan’s operation.It is claimed that shortly before his arrest, the 16-year-old was brought to a north Dublin service station to meet Keogh, who told him to go to Limerick, pick up a grenade and bring it back to Dublin. It is alleged that Keogh offered to knock €10,000 off a debt owed by the teenager if he did the job.
His lawyers last November brought a High Court challenge against the Garda Commissioner and DPP seeking to prohibit his trial on grounds of delay in bringing the prosecution. The defendants opposed the application., Vincent Heneghan SC, for the young man, said in March 2016, a month after his client was arrested, gardaí had all the necessary evidence to charge him. That included CCTV evidence of the boy meeting Keogh in the service station, counsel said.
Paul Anthony McDermott SC, for the defendants, said there was never any possibility of the applicant’s case being dealt with in the 1¼ years between when he was arrested and when he turned 18 in June 2017 .
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