Vorlage:Article for deletion/dated Vorlage:BLP sources Gerry Hutch (born 1963) is a former Irish criminal. He was regarded as the prime suspect for two of the biggest armed robberies in Irish history.[1][2] He was nicknamed The Monk because he pursued clean living and followed religious beliefs, leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" after leaving prison in 1985.[3] He has been active within Dublin's inner city community, working with disadvantaged children and encouraging them not to take drugs.[3]
Early life
BearbeitenBorn in central Dublin, his career began at the age of 10 when Hutch joined and later led the 'Bugsy Malone Gang' of inner city youngsters (named after the fictional feature film) whose crimes in the 1970s included "jump-overs": they would jump over bank counters, grab whatever cash they could and run out the door.[3]
He was later part of a gang involved in major robberies and received many convictions between 1970 and 1983 intermittently spending time in prison.[4] 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 8 years. Hutch also managed to gain money from legal actions in the 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.[3]
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.[5][6]
Corinthians Boxing Club
BearbeitenIn 1998 he was a founder 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.[3]
Criminal Assets Bureau
BearbeitenIn 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 IR£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.[3][7]
Hutch eventually reached an IR£1.2m settlement with the CAB to "cover back taxes and interest for a nine year period".[3][8]
Driving career
BearbeitenAfter the CAB settlement, Hutch applied for and was granted a taxi licence,[9][10] and at one point used a stretched Hummer as a taxi under a service branded Carry Any Body, a name which is said to refer to the CAB settlement.[11][12]
He has featured in the Irish media as he has driven celebrities[11] including Mike Tyson[13] on their visits to Ireland.
Film and TV
BearbeitenHutch is depicted in the film Veronica Guerin, played by Alan Devine.[14] It is based on the life of the late Irish journalist Veronica Guerin by whom Hutch was interviewed.[2]
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.[5]
Hutch was the subject of investigation in the Irish TV3 channel's television series, Dirty Money.[5] The episode which aired March 2008 was solely devoted to the assets and finances seized by the CAB of both Hutch and his suspected criminal and family associates.Vorlage:Fact
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- ↑ Martin Breheny: Hitting them where it hurts. In: Independent. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014.
- ↑ a b Paul Williams: Badfellas. Penguin, 2011, S. 243-45 (google.com [abgerufen am 6. August 2014]).
- ↑ a b c d e f g Conor Keane: Hutch to Clear Outstanding Liabilities in a £1.2m Deal with the State. Irish Examiner, 1. April 2000, archiviert vom am 27. Februar 2007; abgerufen am 29. September 2010.
- ↑ Paul Williams: Badfellas. Penguin Books, 2011, ISBN 978-0-14-197029-5, S. 243– (google.com [abgerufen am 6. August 2014]).
- ↑ a b c Flach Kelly: I got rich from property not crime, claims The Monk In: The Independent, 13. März 2008. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014
- ↑ Paul Williams: Gangland: The Shocking Exposé of the Criminal Underworld. The O'Brien Press, 2012, The Monk (google.com [abgerufen am 6. August 2014]).
- ↑ RTÉ News, 14th May 1999, RTÉ News and Current Affairs, 14. Mai 1999
- ↑ Conor Lally: A Crime Boss Who Changed with the Times In: The Irish Times, 8. Dezember 2012. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014
- ↑ Irish taxi industry website quoting Irish Times, 6th June 2001.
- ↑ Carl O'Brien: Taxi-drivers convicted of rape, murder to be denied licences In: The Irish Times, 9. Januar 2004. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014
- ↑ a b Ian Mallon: Credit crunch forces Monk to sell luxury limo In: Evening Herald, 20. April 2009. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014
- ↑ Huge, heavy and it's here... the Hummer hits Wicklow In: The Irish Times, 30. November 2005. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014
- ↑ Showbiz Ireland, 28th March 2006.
- ↑ Derek Elley: Veronica Guerin. (movie review) In: Daily Variety, 31. Juli 2003. Abgerufen am 6. August 2014