Man further remanded in connection with Hutch killing
Gareth Hutch, 35, a nephew of Gerry “the Monk” Hutch, was shot dead as he was getting into his car outside Avondale House flats where he lived on North Cumberland Street in inner city Dublin, on May 24.
Thomas Fox, who has an address at Rutland Court, in north inner city Dublin, is charged with unlawful possession of a Makarov 9mm handgun at Avondale House on May 23, a day before the shooting.
The charge can carry a sentence of up to 14 years. He has not yet indicated how he will plead.
He had been initially refused bail by Dublin District Court on June 1 and was remanded in custody. He faced his tenth hearing yesterday when he appeared before Judge Victor Blake at Cloverhill District Court.
Judge Blake further remanded him in custody for another two weeks.
The accused has been in custody since June 1 on the one charge before the court.
The court has also heard that the investigation involved the examination of 5,000 hours of CCTV.
He is one of two people before the courts charged in connection with the shooting.
Mary McDonnell, 43, with an address at Avondale House, North Cumberland Street, has also been charged and is accused of withholding information from gardaí investigating Gareth Hutch’s murder.
She is on bail and is due back in court in the new year. She has not yet entered a plea.
