Hutch's son facing charges involving garda 'infiltration'

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A son of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has been denied bail pending his trial on a charge of facilitating organised crime involving allegations of high-level "infiltration" of An Garda…

A son of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has been denied bail pending his trial on a charge of facilitating organised crime involving allegations of high-level "infiltration" of An Garda Síochána.

Father of one, Jason 'Jamie' Murphy, also known as Jason Hutch, 37, has been in custody on remand for two months after being extradited to Ireland from Lanzarote, where he had been living long-term.

His fiancée Louise Meade, a qualified solicitor, told the High Court in Cloverhill that Mr Murphy was "a fantastic partner and very much a family man", adding that "his goal, should he be granted bail, would be to get married and hopefully extend our family", and remain in Ireland.

However, Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford held he was a flight risk, saying, "he has means to relocate to another jurisdiction beyond the reach of the State".

The accused, of The Paddocks, Clontarf, Dublin 3, was returned aboard the Government's Dassault Falcon 6X jet aircraft on the afternoon of 10 September.

Before that, he had been in custody in Spain since last April, following his detention on foot of a European Arrest Warrant.

The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) charged him under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006.

Mr Murphy is accused of participating in or contributing to activities to facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation or any of its members.

These acts allegedly took place at an unknown location between 12 April, 2016, and 29 September, 2021, while he resided in Lanzarote.

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