DRUGS BARON Greg lynch has walked free from court after having a six-month sentence reduced to 200 hours community service.

Lynch (27), from the Oliver Bond Flats in Dublin's inner city, is believed to head up a tightly-knit gang supplying heroin and cannabis across the city.
The convicted heroin dealer is the number one target for gardai investigating the drugs trade in the south inner city and has been dubbed the new 'Fat' Freddie Thompson.
However, Lynch managed to avoid a six-month prison sentence for driving offences on Monday - ironically after claiming to be battling with a drug problem.


Reformed -

The sentence was reduced to 200 hours community service on appeal in Dublin District Court. Despite his claims in court to be reformed, the Sunday-World can reveal that the burly gangster has developed close links to a number of notorious criminals based in the Finglas area of North Dublin in recent months.
He was recently spotted in a car registered to convicted armed robber David 'Sos' Mulvey.

Mulvey, from Berryfield Drive, Finglas, is a close associate of the notorious Bradley brothers and has served a sentence for gun possession.

In 2006, Mulvey was jailed for the attempted robbery of a post office in Cabra on the city's northside and possession of a double-barrelled shotgun in two separate incidents.
During his time in jail, Mulvey was at the centre of a massive controversy after a prison officer was charged with smuggling contraband into him in Mount joy.

Shamed -

Shamed prison officer Dillon O'Brien pleaded guilty in December 2009 to smuggling a bottle of vodka and a mobile phone to prisoner Mulvey and a mobile phone to convicted murderer Thomas Hinchon.

He also admitted conspiring with others to bring cocaine to Mulvey, heroin to Hinchon and two mobile phones to Donnagh O'Brien between January 2005 and March 2007, and to having cocaine in his home on March 15,2007.

A source said Lynch has long-term links with associates of brothers, Wayne and Alan 'Fatpuss' Bradley. "Lynch was friendly with some of the Bradley gang when he was in Wheatfield.

He was a close friend of Karl Browne, one of 'Fatpuss' Bradley's best pals, who was killed in a motor- bike crash," the souce added.
In 2004, Lynch was jailed for eight years after he was caught with heroin worth more than €400,000.

The then teenager was spotted handing over the drugs to another man in the car
park oj the Red Cow Inn, Naas Road, Dublin on October 1, 2003.
Lynch pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of heroin with a market value in excess of €13,000 for sale or supply.

Lynch has close links to some of Ireland's most notorious underworld figures. His dad, Gerard 'Bra' Brady, is a close pal of godfather Christy Kinahan who also lived in the Oliver Bond Flats for years.

Lynch's uncle is exiled heroin dealer Gerard 'Hatchet' Kavanagh, who is currently based in Spain. It is believed that Lynch is a regular visitor to Kavanagh's villa in Malaga on the Costa Del Crime.
The gang boss is also a close associate of convicted armed robber Paul Rice.

Gardai believe Lynch has taken over from 'Fat' Freddie Thompson as the biggest drugs supplier in large parts of the city.

Despite being rivals, Lynch is said to be friends with Thompson and lives just metres from Freddie's mum in the Marylands estate, South Dublin.