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Two Kinahan gang members have been jailed for their roles in a plot to kill the brother of the leader of rival organized crime gang Hutch in Dublin more than two and a half years ago.
Patrick Curtis, 38, of Bellman’s Walk, Seville Place, in Dublin 1 was imprisoned for 10 years.
Mohammed Smew, 27, of Milner’s Square, Shanowen Road, Santry, in Dublin 9 was imprisoned for seven and a half years.
They were both involved in the plan to kill Patrick Hutch in March 2018.
It brings to nine the number of Kinahan gang members incarcerated for the attempt on Hutch’s life as part of the ongoing dispute that has so far cost 18 lives.
Judge Tony Hunt said the two were part of a sub-cell of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group created specifically to murder Patrick Hutch.
Seven of the gang members involved in the plot to kill Patrick Hutch in March 2018 are currently serving long sentences, today the Special Criminal Court jailed two other Kinahan gang members for their roles.
Hutch was to be taken from his home and shot to death by a “strike team” who was waiting in the underground parking lot of the Belmont Apartments on Gardiner Street. The gunmen were then to flee to the East Wall, burn the getaway car, and go through a pedestrian tunnel where another car was waiting.
Patrick Curtis was recorded saying that Kinahan’s gang had “so much money that they could buy half of Hutch’s to kill their own half.”
“That’s the way it went,” he said.
“People get money for a hit. People get the money they used to get for a hit. People get money for setting them up, now it’s worth it. People get 20,000 euros and everything for setting someone up. That’s for doing the hit. , yes “.
Curtis was trusted to receive instructions on an encrypted phone from someone at the highest level in the gang using the pseudonym “Lordnose.”
They told him to buy a new car and a truck, and that this had to “be military.”
Curtis told Lordnose that the job “will be done on Wednesday.” Gardaí was able to retrieve and read some of the encrypted messages because Curtis couldn’t remember all the instructions and took pictures of some of them on his own phone.
Mohammed Smew was involved in the planning and, along with Mark Capper, was part of the original strike team, but was ultimately unable to participate in the attempt because he was arrested for looting a shop in Tallaght during the 2018 snow storm.
Curtis was sentenced to 12 years in prison with the last two years suspended, while Smew was sentenced to eight years and three months with the last nine months suspended.
Judge Tony Hunt said the two were part of a sub-cell of the Kinahan organized crime group specifically created to murder Patrick Hutch.
It brings to nine the total number of Kinahan sub-cell members incarcerated for the attempt to assassinate Patrick Hutch.
The others who are already serving a sentence are Ciaran O’Driscoll, he was going to be the “spectator”, he was going to see Patrick Hutch leave his house and then contact the team of hitmen who were going to shoot him. He has been incarcerated for five years.
Michael Burns, was a supervisor, organized the logistics and transmitted the instructions of the superiors for the assassination, which had to be carried out with “military” precision. He was imprisoned for nine years.
Stephen Curtis participated in sub-cell meetings and in the purchase of “burner” phones and SIM cards. He was imprisoned for five years.
Mark Capper, the original hit man, who withdrew from the scheme, was jailed for seven and a half years.
Gary Thompson, 35, and his brother Glen Thompson, 25, were each jailed for 12 years and six months, while Afghan war veteran Robert Browne, 36, was sentenced to 11 years and six months of prison.
All three were part of the strike team.
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