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A BELFAST criminal has been jailed for conspiring to import cocaine with a murder victim suspected of involvement in the fatal shooting of Dublin hitman Robbie Lawlor. Liam Dewar was sentenced to 26 months in prison on Friday for conspiring with Warren Crossan to import £180,000 of cocaine into Northern Ireland. Crossan from Belfast was arrested in relation to the murder of notorious criminal Lawlor last year and was himself later shot dead in a revenge attack. Lawlor was shot dead in Belfast last April in a hit which was believed to have been orchestrated by a criminal consortium including ...

THE case presented against one of the men accused of murdering Irish gangland boss Robbie Lawlor was "a masterpiece of vagueness", a court heard today.

Neither Holland nor 45-year-old co-defendant Patrick Teer, of Thornberry Hill in Belfast, are accused of being the gunman. Instead, they were charged as part of a joint enterprise to murder, based on their alleged involvement in events surrounding the shooting. According to police, Lawlor went to Etna Drive in a pre-arranged appointment to collect cash. A gunman emerged from the property and opened fire, shooting him in the head and body. Lawlor died at the scene. The attack is believed to have been part of an ongoing drugs dispute which claimed three lives in the past year. Originally from D...

The case presented against one of the men accused of murdering Irish gangland boss Robbie Lawlor was "a masterpiece of vagueness", a court was told on Friday.

Belfast Magistrates' Court heard police believe Lawlor was shot dead when he attended a pre-arranged meeting at 37-year-old co-accused Adrian Holland's home. It was claimed the victim went there to collect cash following a prior meeting at a Tesco store in Crumlin, Co Antrim the previous day. A gunman emerged from the property and opened fire, hitting him several times. He died at the scene. Originally from Dublin, Lawlor was reported to have been involved in a feud between rival Drogheda-based factions. He had been linked to the abduction and murder of a 17-year-old in January. The gunman f...