Christmas Eve steakhouse hit suspect with links to fallen Gucci Gang is banged up outside Ireland on gun charge
The thug - who was an associate of
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Jason Hennessy Snr died 11 days after being shot at Browne's Steakhouse in Blanchardstown on December 24, 2023
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Tristan Sherry was killed after shooting Hennessy Snr
And he has now become the latest of Ward's mob to be sentenced as the so-called
We have learned the criminal, aged in his 30s, is still under investigation over the shooting which claimed the lives of Jason Hennessy Snr and bungling gunman Tristan Sherry.
They also suspect this man was actively sourcing firearms for the Finglas outfit, who were embroiled in a feud with slain Hennessy Snr and his associates as far back as 2019.
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The 48-year-old was rushed to hospital but his condition worsened before he died in hospital 11 days later.
Bungling 26-year-old Sherry was disarmed at the restaurant before he was
The second gunman on the night blasted a number of shots before fleeing on foot and leaving Sherry behind.
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Earlier this year, the Special Criminal
Despite the convictions and successful probe so far, gardai in Blanchardstown are pressing on with investigating others, including the hood jailed in another jurisdiction.
'HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CRIME'
A source explained: 'This individual is heavily involved in organised crime. But he and others involved with that Finglas grouping have found themselves locked up for various offences.
'The gardai believe he had knowledge of the Blanchardstown attack. They are also looking at the possibility that he knows who the second shooter to go in with Sherry.'
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The man, who is well-known by gardai around the capital, had been drug dealing since his late teens and aligned himself with the Finglas Gucci Gang.
The mob became embroiled in a dispute with Hennessy Snr's associates from 2019 onwards, which saw over one hundred incidents including firebombs, shootings, daylight assaults and threats.
Gardai believe this man played an active role in the feud and on multiple occasions received information that he had been plotting attacks.
FOILED PLOT
One of those times was when he was stopped by cops near Hennessy Snr's house with an associate, and was found to have jerry cans full of petrol and gloves in his car.
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Investigators believed at the time that they had foiled a planned feud operation.
Michael Andrecut, 23, has been jailed for life for the murder of Sherry.
Juares Kumbu was sentenced to three years with the final year suspended after he pleaded guilty last year to a firearms offence.
He picked up the sub-machine gun used by Sherry and handed it to an unidentified person that night.
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David Amah, 19, and a teenager who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced for murder later this month but because they were under 18 at the time of the offence, they may not get mandatory life.
Hennessy's son, Brandon, 21, and an 18-year-old who also cannot be named will also be handed down terms for violent disorder.
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