2018-11-30
Estonian separatist hitman said he would take out target with "one shot to the head"
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Ex-wrestler Imre Arakas, who the court heard was a former Estonian separatist who been "scarred deeply" by imprisonment in Russia, bought a wig in Dublin city and used an encrypted Blackberry phone to receive information about the movements and location of James Gately in Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin and Judge Cormac Dunne, remanded the defendant in custody until December 12, when he will be sentenced.; Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin and Judge Cormac Dunne, remanded the defendant in custody until December 12, when he will be sentenced.