The deceased was a nephew of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch, whose criminal gang is involved in a feud with drug dealer Christy Kinahan’s operation. It is alleged that Keogh offered to knock €10,000 off a debt owed by the teenager if he did the job. That included CCTV evidence of the boy meeting Keogh in the service station, counsel said. Instead, gardaí waited until Keogh, who fled soon after the murder of Mr Hutch, was extradited back from the UK, counsel said. ‘Red herring’Mr Heneghan said Keogh was a “red herring” in relation to dealing expeditiously with the case against his client.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2019 15:56 UTC