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jakeXT

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Sun Aug 31, 2014, 03:55 PM Aug 2014

Irish gangster 'Fat' Andy Connors laid to rest in £25,000 GOLD coffin



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While never directly involved in the robberies himself, he ‘directed operations’ and was ‘extremely wealthy’ as a consequence.

Investigating detectives have three main lines of inquiry. One is that he was shot dead by the IRA for refusing to hand over £40,000 protection money.

The second is that he was murdered by a well-known south Dublin businessman who was laundering huge sums of cash for him. The third is that he was murdered by other Traveller criminals in a feud.

The father of six was a major target of Operation Fiacla, an Irish police crackdown on burglaries nationwide.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738227/My-Big-Fat-Gypsy-Funeral-Irish-gangster-Fat-Andy-Connors-laid-rest-25-000-GOLD-coffin.html
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Irish gangster 'Fat' Andy Connors laid to rest in £25,000 GOLD coffin (Original Post) jakeXT Aug 2014 OP
Imagine someone might want to dig that thing up and melt it down, eh? nt MADem Aug 2014 #1
At the graveside service, I'll be there offering condolences and holding a shovel. Kaleva Aug 2014 #2
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