“We are still working on the documentary and hope to sell it to one of the TV companies in the coming weeks. The Irish TV stations don’t seem to want to touch it for some reason.”

Another source who is living in Lanzarote said: “Gerry is very much seen as a man of the people in Lanzarote. He is very well liked in the Irish community and has good Spanish political connections.

“The Irish tourists love to see him and get his autograph.

HUTCH NO GO

Irish TV chiefs ‘don’t want to touch’ The Monk doc & gang boss ‘expects’ allegations to be dropped’ amid Lanzarote life

Director Jim Sheridan is hoping to finish the documentary in coming weeks

• Published: 8:00, 19 Jan 2025

GANG boss Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is back in Lanzarote — and expects the allegations of money ­laundering against him to be dropped in the next few weeks, pals claim.

His legal team on the holiday isle have been told privately by the ­Spanish judiciary that he is unlikely to face trial, The Irish Sun on Sunday understands.

The 61-year-old Dubliner was arrested and imprisoned by the Spanish Guardia Civil in a blaze of publicity in October after he indicated he was planning to run in the Irish General Election.

Spanish cops accused Hutch of buying properties in Lanzarote as part of a transnational money laundering operation.

The Monk was granted €100,000 bail so he could fly home and campaign in November’s General Election.

He almost won a seat in Dublin Central, missing out on the final count.