The Spanish Police have accused Fat Freddie of participating in a criminal organisation, the illegal transportation of drugs and the illicit trafficking of weapons.

Freddie's brother Ritchie parties for Hallowe'en despite threats to his life

 

 

FEELING BLUE: Ritchie Thompson dressed up as character from film Avatar 

THIS is 'Fat' Freddie Thompson's brother, Ritchie, enjoying Hallowe'en despite the fact that his life is in real danger from rival mobsters. These exclusive Sunday World photos show 34-year-old Thompson posing with his wife Catherine while dressed as a character from the hit movie 'Avatar'.  

 

While Ritchie laughs and jokes for the cameras, he is aware that the gang led by criminal Gerard Eglington is planning to target him while Freddie is stuck in Spain after being extradited. Although Fat Freddie was released from custody this week by a Spanish judge, he has had to hand over his passport which means he is unable to travel back to Ireland to help protect his older brother.  

Ritchie needs all the help he can get, after he was targeted by Eglington's mob last March and had his leg broken after an unprovoked assault in the Karma Stone pub on Camden Street in Dublin.  

Innocent

 

 

AVATARS: Ritchie and Catherine

Catherine, who is totally innocent and has no involvement in crime, was viciously slashed in the same incident and required 17 stitches. When Freddie heard about the attack and his mother's home was firebombed, he went ballistic and returned to Dublin's south-inner city swearing revenge on Eglington and his cronies. Eglington has since escaped three murder bids and has kept a low profile for the last few months while Freddie was back in town.

 

However, now that Thompson is stuck in Spain for the short term, the Eglington gang has regrouped and set their sights on Ritchie, who is regarded as being especially vulnerable to attack. Ritchie was arrested last month in connection with a brutal assault on the innocent mother of hitman Wayne McNally, an attack that was frowned upon in gangland where attacking criminals' families is regarded as a no-no. Gardai fear it is only a matter of time before Ritchie Thompson's rivals catch up with him and are extremely concerned for his well-being and have increased patrols near his home.

Meanwhile, Fat Freddie is relaxing in Marbella after being released from custody, having only been quizzed for a matter of hours following his extradition last week, as predicted by the Sunday World. He was quizzed by a magistrate about his part in Christy Kinihan's huge drugs gang, although the evidence offered by the Spanish authorities was very flimsy.

Criminal

 

 

EXTRADITED: ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson is led away

He was given bail on Monday but must stay in Spain and sign on with cops twice a month. It is believed that Thompson is staying with his cousin, Liam Byrne, in a luxury villa in Estepona and is already masterminding the importation of drugs shipments back to Ireland. Gardai believe that one of Freddie's right-hand men, the on-the-run criminal Eugene 'The Devil' Cullen, travelled to Spain last week and met with his boss to discuss the gang's finances.

 

The Spanish have accused Fat Freddie of participating in a criminal organisation, the illegal transportation of drugs and the illicit trafficking of weapons. However, despite the seriousness of the charges, the maximum sentence that the mobster is facing is just nine years in prison.

The Spanish authorities have not provided any direct evidence to back-up assertions that Thompson is a key member of the Kinihan gang. They claim that he is a "trusted right-hand man" of Kinihan and acted as his bodyguard and chauffeur and was a key player in the organisation. They accuse him of drug and gun trafficking but the only evidence they cite is a vague recorded conversation between Thompson and criminal Gary Hutch about a gun not being as "big as expected" and the Spanish say it is possible to "infer" from this that Fat Freddie is responsible for sourcing the gang's firearms.

There is considerable tension between the Kinihan mob and Fat Freddie amid accusations that someone in the gang is touting to cops.

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