‘Monk’ niece with 'appalling record' jailed for theft days after getting out of jail

A niece of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has been given a nine-month sentence after pleading guilty to a theft which happened days after she was released from jail.

Donna Hutch, 45, from Dublin’s north inner city, had 383 criminal convictions, including 264 for theft offences, Judge John Hughes was told today.