We reveal robber named in graffiti near Jean Boylan funeral accusing Gary Hutch of being a rat.
This is the robber who was named in graffiti daubed on a church that accused Christy Kinahan lieutenant Gary Hutch of being a ‘rat’.
Sick graffiti was painted on the walls of the Russian Orthodox Church before the funeral of Kinahan senior’s ex-wife this week, despite the fact the service took place in a neighbouring church.
The slogans “Gary Hutch U Rat’ and ‘U Set Keith Kinlan Fish Up’ were daubed on the walls and door of the church in red paint, with the dim-witted hoods thinking the funeral of Jean Boylan was due to take place there.
We can reveal that Keith Kinlan is a well-known robber who was jailed for stealing a laptop belonging to the daughter of former billionaire Sean Quinn.
Gardai are puzzled about why the graffiti appeared because Kinlan, who is nicknamed Fish, is a low-level criminal who would have known Gary Hutch all his life.
The pair are both from Summerhill in Dublin’s north-inner city and are not known to be enemies. There is no suggestion that Kinlan was responsible for the slogans and neither had it been thought that Gary Hutch was a garda informer.
Gardai believe it was an attempt by an enemy of Hutch to embarrass him in front of his friends at the funeral.
Hutch is the nephew of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch and has lived in Marbella for the last seven years. He was arrested as part of Operation Shovel in May 2010 and is on bail while the investigation continues. The 33-year-old is regarded as being a key lieutenant of Kinahan.
Keith Kinlan is well known to gardai and has over 50 convictions for theft and burglary. The 38-year-old pleaded guilty in January 2013 to the theft of a case from a car containing a laptop and iPhone belonging to Aoife Quinn in July 2012.
Kinlan and his younger brother Gary pleaded guilty to 16 charges.
At the time of the theft the pair should have been in jail after getting three-year sentences for a robbery, but the last 18 months were suspended. After the Quinn robbery, the State had those 18 months reactivated and they were sent to jail.
During his sentencing for the Quinn robbery his solicitor said that Kinlan was institutionalised and was more comfortable in prison.
