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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
John Hand

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch made witty joke to Garda who swooped on him during dramatic Spain arrest

Gerry Hutch joked to a Garda who swooped on him with Spanish police in a restaurant by saying: “The jacket, you must be roastin’ in that.”

RTE Prime Time tonight revealed new details on the operation which led to the arrest of The Monk in Fuengirola in August 2021.

It came over five years after he left Ireland following the murder of his brother Eddie, which happened three days after the Hutch gang orchestrated the Regency Hotel attack that claimed the life of David Byrne in February 2016.

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