Crime boss Robbie Lawlor was watched by three-man hit squad before his death

A three-man assassination squad scouted out Irish crime boss Robbie Lawlor’s movements before carrying out his contract killing in Belfast, a court heard today.

Counsel for Adrian Holland, 39, claimed he is an innocent “mug” in a plot which involved a €50,000 cash payment being made to members of the Limerick-based McCarthy-Dundon gang for services rendered in luring Lawlor to his death.Lawlor, 36, was shot dead outside Holland's home at Etna Drive in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.Originally from Dublin, Lawlor had been heavily involved in a violent feud between rival Drogheda-based factions.

Neither Holland nor 47-year-old co-defendant Patrick Teer, of Thornberry Hill in Belfast, are suspected of carrying out the shooting. Based on CCTV footage, those movements included a meeting at Tesco car park and “scouting out” an address at University Road where the victim had been staying, according to Mr Brolly.

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