Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch hadn’t a clue that his friend Jonathan Dowdall would become a state witness and testify against him until 10 days ago.
The pair had been sharing their own segregated wing at Wheatfield prison away from rival Kinahan gang members who had threatened to kill them.
A prison source said: ”They were the best of buddies for the last year since the Monk was arrested and brought home from Spain.
