Gerry “The Monk” Hutch hadn’t a clue his friend Jonathan Dowdall would become a state witness and testify against him until 10 days ago, it has emerged.
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.
“Jonathan and his father Patrick were detained with Gerry and a few other Hutch gang members on their own wing. There were around eight of them and they mixed and exercised together.
