Gary Hutch shot dead in Spain

Gary Hutch was gunned down in an apartment complex near Marbella yesterday morning.

At about half 11 yesterday morning Gary Hutch – who was the nephew of former Dublin criminal Gerry “the Monk” Hutch – was ambushed by a masked man in the holiday resort of Miraflores near Marbella.

The Irish Independent reports he was gunned down by an attacker wearing a balaclava, who escaped in a car which was later found abandoned.

It's understood paramedics tried to revive the 34 year old, but he died at the scene.

Local Spanish police are investigating the killing.