Hutch and Alan Donohue pleaded guilty of manslaughter of Barry McGuire and to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Damien Carty on the same occasion.[5]
Barry McGuire had died from a single knife wound after going to the aid of his friends who had got involved in an altercation with the defendants.[5]
Initially both defendants had claimed to have been attacked and trying to dispose of the knives.[5]
Derek Hutch had previously been jailed for firearms offences and had 39 previous convictions.[5]
The sentences were backdated to 2009 when the defendants were taken into custody.[5]
In 2012 he was found guilty of coordinating an armed van raid at Foxborough Road, Lucan on 15 May 2009.[4] During the raid Gardaí shot one of his accomplices dead.[4] He was sentenced to sixteen years, which was backdated to 2009.[4]
After his brother was shot dead on 24 September 2015 he was granted compassionate leave to view his brothers' body and pay respects at the family home.[3] He was handcuffed to a prison officer at all times during this visit.[3] He was not allowed to attend his brothers' funeral on grounds of security.[3]
On 27 May 2022 he was riding his motorcycle when he hit a Ukrainian woman on Amiens Street.[7][8] He had done a u-turn after spotting Gardaí shortly before the collision.[8]
He was charged in October 2022 with driving under the influence of an intoxicant, dangerous driving causing severe bodily harm to a woman on 27 May 2022 and six counts of dangerous driving at Summerhill on the same date.[7] Also known as "Derek Moore", he was to face his next hearing on 27 January 2023 with remaining charges to be heard the following July.[7]
