Knowledge (XXG)

Patrick Holland (criminal)

Source 📝

126:
and members of his gang, whom he joined on release in 1994. Whilst running a legitimate printing business as the front for a forgery operation, Holland was suspected by the Gardaí of becoming a gun for hire, implicated in but never convicted of the killings of: Patrick Shanahan, shot in Crumlin in
215:
a businessman for a £10 million ransom. After a month-long trial the jury unanimously convicted Holland together with John McDonnell, Gerard Booth and Khan Coombs of conspiracy to kidnap. Whilst serving the subsequent eight-year term, he was found dead in his cell at
151:. During the trial in Dublin, Gardaí officer Marion Cusack said that she believed Holland was the gunman who killed Guerin in her car. Sentenced to 20 years for drug distribution, it was reduced to 12 years on appeal. The CAB subsequently seized a small house near 233:, which subsequently published a series of articles in which Holland claimed that: yes, he was a bank robber by the early 1970s; he had set up a money-laundering network across Europe to hide his fortune from the CAB; he again denied the murder of Guerin. 146:
ferry port on 9 April 1997. Initially arrested for involvement in Guerin's murder, after an inspection of his premises and assets he was eventually charged for possession and distribution of 10 kilograms (22 lb) of
589: 127:
October 1994; publican Tom Nevin, shot in Jack White's Inn, County Wicklow, in March 1996; Johnny Reddin, shot in a pub off Parnell Street, Dublin, in April 1996. Working alongside
584: 251: 92:
was obtained at the age of 25, whilst working as the manager of a sausage company. At the time he had sympathies for and associations with both the
178:
had arranged a series of psychological tests and press interviews, in which Holland strongly denied the murder of Guerin. Invited to appear on
559: 554: 339: 440: 223:
After his death, it emerged that Holland was planning to write an autobiography, having collated his notes via a series of recorded
175: 569: 594: 123: 93: 180: 197: 564: 365: 138:
gun to, and hence suspected of shooting Guerin. In the wake of Guerin's killing, a period in which the Garda and the
107:
of carrying out a number of armed bank raids. In 1981 he was jailed for seven years for armed robbery at a hotel in
131:
in Gilligan's drugs gang, it was Bowden who supplied the gun which killed Guerin, a meeting attended by Holland.
128: 579: 574: 51: 248: 134:
In 1997 while acting as a Garda witness, Bowden named Holland in a Dublin court as the man he supplied the
139: 518: 97: 89: 200:. After the Gardaí raided one of Hyland's houses and found Holland there, he made his way to England. 549: 104: 78: 310: 343: 229: 204: 58: 156: 47: 444: 143: 35: 31: 27: 203:
In May 2007, a year after being released from jail in Ireland, Holland was arrested by the
260: 255: 208: 148: 142:
made over 150 arrests to clear up Ireland's illegal drug problem, Holland was arrested at
82: 54: 497: 471: 448: 275: 543: 224: 217: 164: 62: 43: 23: 111:. Released after four years, in 1989 he was sentenced to ten years for possessing 7½ 112: 522: 174:
Released from Portlaoise in April 2006, he flew to Rome, Italy where his lawyer
160: 152: 135: 108: 57:. Holland denied committing the crime, however, until his death as a convict in 414: 387: 74: 475: 418: 391: 168: 103:
Having married in his mid 30s, by the mid-1970s he was suspected by the
193: 116: 311:"Veronica Guerin suspect, Patrick Holland, guilty of £10m kidnap plot" 119:
explosive, detonators and fuse wire, allegedly for supply to the IRA.
212: 39: 186: 81:
player, he spent time in the United States, where he joined the
22:(1939 - 6 June 2009), was an Irish career criminal involved in 88:
Returning to Ireland in the 1960s, his first conviction for
185:
under public and political pressure the editorial board of
441:"Exclusive Sky News Ireland interview with Dutchy Holland" 163:, the first person to be convicted in connection with the 276:"10 years later, still no peace for Veronica Guerin" 590:Prisoners who died in England and Wales detention 167:, but was resisted by his fellow members of the 220:, Isle of Wight on the morning of 6 June 2009. 304: 302: 300: 298: 296: 155:, County Wicklow, in compensation. Whilst in 8: 498:"'Dutchy' Holland dies in jail in Britain" 366:"CIRA man ostracised by inmates over book" 333: 331: 388:"Sky Exclusive: 'I Didn't Kill Veronica'" 227:. These were handed by his family to the 585:Irish people who died in prison custody 415:"Is this man Veronica Guerin's killer?" 241: 249:"Obituary of Patrick 'Dutchy' Holland" 171:from entering their area of the jail. 340:""Dutchy" Holland – the secret tapes" 7: 364:Valerie Robinson (18 January 2004). 207:in London, who were investigating a 472:"Guerin suspect jailed for kidnap" 192:Holland began mixing with a major 14: 519:"'Dutchy' Holland dies in prison" 274:Henry McDonald (9 April 2006). 20:Patrick Eugene "Dutchy" Holland 338:Darren Boyle (14 March 2010). 94:Irish National Liberation Army 1: 496:Juno McEnroe (20 June 2009). 309:Adam Fresco (29 March 2008). 16:Irish bank robber (died 2009) 560:Criminals from Dublin (city) 555:20th-century Irish criminals 470:Chris Summers (2 May 2008). 439:Brian Daly (10 April 2006). 413:Chris Summers (2 May 2008). 611: 38:. He was also an alleged 52:investigative journalist 254:15 October 2012 at the 122:Whilst in jail, he met 570:Irish drug traffickers 189:vetoed the interview. 140:Criminal Assets Bureau 595:United States Marines 198:Martin "Marlo" Hyland 196:drugs gang headed by 98:Irish Republican Army 90:handling stolen goods 79:association football 77:, Dublin. A skilled 73:Holland was born in 344:Irish Sunday Mirror 230:Irish Sunday Mirror 205:Metropolitan Police 176:Giovanni Di Stefano 59:HM Prison Parkhurst 565:Irish bank robbers 181:The Late Late Show 42:well-known as the 157:Portlaoise Prison 48:contract killings 602: 535: 534: 532: 530: 515: 509: 508: 506: 504: 493: 487: 486: 484: 482: 467: 461: 460: 458: 456: 447:. Archived from 445:Sky News Ireland 436: 430: 429: 427: 425: 410: 404: 403: 401: 399: 384: 378: 377: 375: 373: 361: 355: 354: 352: 350: 335: 326: 325: 323: 321: 306: 291: 290: 288: 286: 271: 265: 246: 159:, he befriended 36:money laundering 32:drug trafficking 28:arms trafficking 610: 609: 605: 604: 603: 601: 600: 599: 580:Irish murderers 575:Irish gangsters 540: 539: 538: 528: 526: 517: 516: 512: 502: 500: 495: 494: 490: 480: 478: 469: 468: 464: 454: 452: 438: 437: 433: 423: 421: 412: 411: 407: 397: 395: 394:. 10 April 2006 386: 385: 381: 371: 369: 363: 362: 358: 348: 346: 337: 336: 329: 319: 317: 308: 307: 294: 284: 282: 273: 272: 268: 264:. 20 June 2009. 261:The Irish Times 256:Wayback Machine 247: 243: 239: 83:US Marine Corps 71: 55:Veronica Guerin 17: 12: 11: 5: 608: 606: 598: 597: 592: 587: 582: 577: 572: 567: 562: 557: 552: 542: 541: 537: 536: 510: 488: 462: 451:on 3 June 2006 431: 405: 379: 356: 327: 292: 266: 240: 238: 235: 225:cassette tapes 129:Charles Bowden 105:Garda Síochána 70: 67: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 607: 596: 593: 591: 588: 586: 583: 581: 578: 576: 573: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 556: 553: 551: 548: 547: 545: 525:. 6 June 2009 524: 520: 514: 511: 499: 492: 489: 477: 473: 466: 463: 450: 446: 442: 435: 432: 420: 416: 409: 406: 393: 389: 383: 380: 367: 360: 357: 345: 341: 334: 332: 328: 316: 312: 305: 303: 301: 299: 297: 293: 281: 277: 270: 267: 263: 262: 257: 253: 250: 245: 242: 236: 234: 232: 231: 226: 221: 219: 218:HMP Parkhurst 214: 210: 206: 201: 199: 195: 190: 188: 184: 182: 177: 172: 170: 166: 165:Omagh bombing 162: 158: 154: 150: 145: 144:Dún Laoghaire 141: 137: 132: 130: 125: 124:John Gilligan 120: 118: 114: 110: 106: 101: 99: 95: 91: 86: 84: 80: 76: 68: 66: 64: 63:Isle of Wight 60: 56: 53: 49: 45: 44:prime suspect 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 24:armed robbery 21: 527:. Retrieved 513: 501:. Retrieved 491: 479:. Retrieved 465: 453:. Retrieved 449:the original 434: 422:. Retrieved 408: 396:. Retrieved 382: 370:. Retrieved 368:. Irish News 359: 347:. Retrieved 318:. Retrieved 314: 285:30 September 283:. Retrieved 280:The Guardian 279: 269: 259: 244: 228: 222: 202: 191: 179: 173: 133: 121: 102: 87: 72: 65:in England. 46:in the 1996 19: 18: 550:2009 deaths 523:Irish Times 161:Colm Murphy 136:.357 Magnum 109:Ballsbridge 544:Categories 237:References 209:honey trap 529:1 October 503:1 October 481:1 October 455:1 October 424:1 October 398:1 October 372:1 October 349:1 October 320:1 October 315:The Times 75:Inchicore 50:of Irish 476:BBC News 419:BBC News 392:Sky News 252:Archived 211:plot to 169:Real IRA 149:cannabis 96:and the 194:Finglas 153:Brittas 117:Frangex 61:on the 213:kidnap 40:hitman 34:, and 531:2011 505:2011 483:2011 457:2011 426:2011 400:2011 374:2011 351:2011 322:2011 287:2011 69:Life 187:RTÉ 115:of 113:lbs 546:: 521:. 474:. 443:. 417:. 390:. 342:. 330:^ 313:. 295:^ 278:. 258:. 100:. 85:. 30:, 26:, 533:. 507:. 485:. 459:. 428:. 402:. 376:. 353:. 324:. 289:. 183:,

Index

armed robbery
arms trafficking
drug trafficking
money laundering
hitman
prime suspect
contract killings
investigative journalist
Veronica Guerin
HM Prison Parkhurst
Isle of Wight
Inchicore
association football
US Marine Corps
handling stolen goods
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Garda Síochána
Ballsbridge
lbs
Frangex
John Gilligan
Charles Bowden
.357 Magnum
Criminal Assets Bureau
Dún Laoghaire
cannabis
Brittas
Portlaoise Prison
Colm Murphy

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.