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Cartel "hit for hire" team get sentences totalling 36.5 years for planned Hutch assassination
Summary
Three men – Gary Thompson (34), his brother Glen Thompson (24) and Afghan war veteran Robert Browne (35) – were sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to a combined 36.5 years for planning to murder Patrick "Patsy" Hutch. The court heard that the men were intercepted by Gardaí just 250 metres from Hutch's home in Dublin's north inner city, having been caught "red‑handed" during a Garda operation that involved audio surveillance and the seizure of several loaded firearms. Each brother received 12 years and six months, while Browne was sentenced to 11 years and six months. The sentences were back‑dated to 10 March 2018, the day the men were taken into custody. The judge noted the seriousness of the offence, the extensive preparation, and the men's guilty pleas, which led to a 25 % reduction in the headline 18‑year sentences. The operation was praised for its intelligence and effectiveness.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Cartel "hit for hire" team get sentences totalling 36.5 years for planned Hutch assassination. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 10, 2018 Incident
- March 10 2018 Other
- July 15 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 4 Incident
- March 6 Incident
- March 7 Other
- March 8 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 9 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 10 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2019-07-29 Publication
Why: The second aspect of the plan was to have "a getaway vehicle" parked at Stoney Road in East Wall in Dublin 3 in order to provide "an escape route". CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Outcome: The three-judge court imposed a sentence of 12 years and six months on Glen Thompson. Following this, father-of-four Gary Thompson was jailed for 12 years and six months.
Defendant
Outcome: The judge said the headline sentence was 18 years imprisonment for each defendant in this case. The three-judge court imposed a sentence of 12 years and six months on Glen Thompson.
Defendant
Outcome: The judge said the headline sentence was 18 years imprisonment for each defendant in this case.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Plunkett Drive
- Phibsboro Road
- Belmont
- Gardiner Street
- Champion's Avenue
- Stoney Road
- Champions Avenue
- North Circular Road
- Stoney Road
- Dublin
- Mr Hutch's house
- conveyed to Store Street Garda station
- Store Street
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