Shooting of Eddie Hutch Snr
The shooting of Eddie Hutch Snr happened on 8 February 2016.[1]
Before shooting
He was a brother of Gerry Hutch and was considered a non-violent criminal, having convictions for small-time fraud and shoplifting.[1]
He took legal action when courts decided that he did not qualify for compensation from Dublin Corporation when his local authority home burned down while he was in prison for breaching a barring order.[2] Eventually he was awarded the full IR₤20,000 amount.[2]
However, he had been suspected of helping his brother launder proceeds from crime and had was one of a large number of his brothers' associates targeted by Operation Alpha, the first major operation of the Criminal Assets Bureau.[1][2] A bank account in his name containing €160,000 was siezed by the CAB.[2]
He had also worked as a taxi driver.[1] He was an uncle of Gary Hutch who was shot dead in September 2015.[2]
Shooting
He was shot at about 7.45pm on 8 February at his home on Poplar Row, North Strand, Dublin.[1] Men broke into the house and Eddie Hutch was shot nine times.[1] His partner was at home at the time, but was not injured.[1]
The motive for his killing is thought by Gardaí to be revenge for the shooting of David Byrne.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Eddie Hutch senior has been shot dead in Dublin's north inner city". Irish Independent.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lally, Conor (9 Feb 2016). "Who are the Hutches? A profile of the Dublin family". The Irish Times.
- ↑ O'Keefe, Cormac (12 Feb 2016). "Progress in gang killings, but no arrests imminent". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.
- ↑ O'Leary, Jennifer (15 Mar 2016). "Christy Kinahan: Inside the Dublin kingpin's European drugs enterprise". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.