2022-11-07
Notorious hitman to be extradited to Lithuania over murder of pop star's lover
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: An eyewitness to the murder of the pop star's lover has said that the hitman, who has also been jailed here for his role in a Kinahan cartel murder plot, was not present at the scene. Arakas, who appeared in the court sporting a long beard and long, grey hair, was previously jailed by the non-jury Special Criminal Court after he pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to murder Mr Gately in Northern Ireland between April 3 and 4, 2017.; He has since completed that sentence and was today remanded in custody pending his extradition.