Monk to Malaga?

AN Irish gang boss extradited from Spain three years ago has been acquitted by a judge of murder.

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, 60, was this week found not guilty of the killing of rival Kinahan clan member, David Byrne. Byrne, who lived on and off in Spain, was gunned down during a boxing weigh-in at Dublin’s Regency Hotel in February, 2016.

Hutch was arrested in a joint operation between Irish and Spanish police in August, 2021 when he went out for a walk near his home where he was hiding out in Fuengirola.

The former crime lord had masterminded a bloody feud with the then Costa del Sol-based Kinahan clan, who now live in Dubai.

The vicious gang war led to at least 20 deaths, many on the streets of Andalucia, as well as

Gang boss ‘The Monk’ could be set for Spain return this week

By Alex Trelinski

in Mallorca.

Yet, only two men connected to the hotel ballroom shooting that day - Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy - were found guilty.

A smiling Hutch was mobbed when he left the Dublin court after Monday’s not guilty verdict but said nothing as he got into a taxi.

Target

Despite being a massive target of the Kinahans, he is still expected to leave for Spain this week - possibly returning to Fuengirola or going to Lanzarote, where he lived for over a decade.

Two men died after four gangsters, dressed as policemen and one as a woman, tried to assassinate crime boss Daniel Kinahan at the fateful 2016 weigh-in. Kinahan, who organised the fight, was forced to escape through a fire escape of the hotel.

The son of gang boss Christy Kinahan, Daniel, who owned the MTK gym in Puerto Banus, was the main target of the shooting.

The attack was revenge for the murder of Hutch’s nephew, Gary Hutch in Spain.

Another violent attack days later saw Eddie Hutch Snr - the brother of Gerry - killed in his home by four gunmen. Kinahan associate ‘Fat Freddie’

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COLLEAGUES of a decorated Guardia Civil detective boss facing charges of bribery have claimed he is being set up by vengeful drug trafficking gangs.

Lieutenant Colonel David Oliva - who led OCON Sur’s crack anti-drug unit in the Campo de Gibraltar - is accused of offering a fellow officer a job in exchange for spying on an internal investigation into his own conduct. Oliva is accused of attending a party thrown by the famous Castanos drug gang he was charged with fighting. Friends claim he is being framed by traffickers furious that he went after their cars, houses and other trappings.

A PAIR of wanted crypto tycoons face arrest warrants after failing to turn up in court. Gibraltarian Damien Carreras and his associate, Russian Pavel Sidirov, did not respond to the Gibraltar court. As revealed by the Olive Press, their company Globix went into liquidation last month amid accusations of fraud and it being a possible ‘Ponzi scheme’.

There are understood to be hundreds of victims around Spain, who may have lost as much as €70 million. Despite their no-show, there will be a further hearing on June 13, which they must attend or face arrest warrants.