Shot dead: Andy Connors DANGEROUS criminals connected to slain ‘Fat’ Andy Connors have nearly trebled the price on the head of the man they want dead in revenge.
Despite Fat Andy’s family asking for no retaliation, his underworld associates have put out a €200,000 murder contract on the man they believe to be behind the killing
His murder came as huge shock to both his family and the gangsters who dealt with the multi-millionaire professional criminal.
The Sunday World previously revealed how €75,000 was on offer for anyone ready to carry a revenge hit in the immediate aftermath of last August’s fatal shooting. Now sources have claimed that the bounty is €200,000.
His sudden death cost other gangsters the huge sums of cash they had entrusted to him to launder and invest in property.
However, his immediate family said they are not involved in any attempt at seeking vengeance. Members of the INLA were blamed for being behind the lethal gun attack after failing to extort cash from the wealthy traveller.
The Sunday World previously named INLA thug Gareth Byrne as being suspected of being linked to the gangland-style hit. The 32-year-old is said to have demanded 20 per cent of O’Connor’s income as protection money.
However, it later emerged that a businessman had also borrowed as much as €500,000 from Fat Andy, but had refused to start paying back the cash.
Fear of a revenge attack promoted the man to pay €5,000 a week to the INLA thugs for round-the-clock protection. It is thought that the order was given to murder Andy because the businessman feared he himself would be murdered.
The 45-year-old died in a hail of bullets at his home near Rathcoole in County Dublin after a masked gunman opened fire with a handgun on August 19 last year.
Connors was a major underworld player and a leading figure in the criminal network dubbed The Subaru Gang.
