MOBSTER Fat Freddie Thornpson's family pais enjoyed a boozy farewell party to the chubby criminal before he flew back to Spain on Tuesday.

The feuding crime boss splashed out for a big night out for his friends in a city-centre pub in the capital before flying out of Dublin Airport this week.
The night out doubled as a going-away party and a 32nd birthday celebration for 'Fat' Freddie's long-term girlfriend, Vicky Dempsey.

Blonde Vicky has been in a relationship with the chubby mobster since they were teenagers and they have one son together.
Thompson was also joined by his first cousins, David and Liam Byrne, and his long-term associate Sean McGovern.

Glamorous

The two Byrne brothers are regarded as key allies of Thompson and both men spent large parts of the year on the Costa del Sol in Spain.
Liam Byrne's glamorous girlfriend, Simoan McEnroe, was also at the party.

Last March, Sean McGovern, from Windmill Park in Crumlin, and Liam Byrne, were arrested in Manchester for allegedly threatening to kill a businessman.

They were picked up along with a local criminal who has long been a target of Manchester Police's organised crime unit after they called to the home of the businessman.

Thompson spent the majority of his time in Ireland in a hotel in the Coombe in the south inner city.

Gardai believe he regularly met up with gang members in a number of bars across the city - including a pub in Newcastle, Co. Dublin.

It is believed his gang members have recently been putting the squeeze on drug dealers who owe them cash.
Thompson's trip back to Spain was nearly delayed after he lost his passport late last week.

The feuding thug - who has spent most of his life avoiding gardai - had to go into Keuin Street Garda station late last week to look for help.
He reported his travel document missing and had to fill out a passport application form, which was signed by gardai.

A source told the Sunday World that Thompson kept a relatively low profile during his visit home.
"He had very little interaction with the gardai, besides applying for a new passport. He kept his nose clean," a source said.

Thompson was extradited to Spain last November on foot of a European arrest warrant and has had to remain there ever since while an investigation into his connections with Christy Kinahan was completed.

Kinahan, from Dublin's south inner city, and 30 others were arrested in Spain as part of Operation Shovel in May 2010.
However, Thompson has been told by Spanish cops that he will not face any charges, despite the fact that he was allegedly caught on tape discussing gang activities.

Shipments

The Spanish authorities believe that Thompson is a key lieutenant of Kinahan and they have phone recordings of him and north-inner city criminal Gary Hutch talking about a firearm, with Freddie saying "that gun's too small".

Spanish police also have evidence that Thompson and Hutch travelled to Portugal and Amsterdam in 2009 to organise shipments on behalf of Kinahan.

Police claim that Thompson and Hutch - a nephew of Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch lived together in Spain and were the "right-hand men" of Daniel Kinahan, Christy Kinahan's son.
Freddie has been running his gang from Spain for the last 12 months and gardai believe he has been organising drugs shipments from his base in Marbella.