Jailed drug kingpin Gilligan hospitalised for arm, chest pains

THE MOST dangerous prisoner in the country, John Gilligan, was under heavy armed guard in a hospital bed last night having undergone tests for chest and arm pains.

He was tried but not convicted of the murder of crime journalist Veronica Guerin.

Gilligan, 49, is serving a 28-year prison sentence imposed by the Special Criminal Court in 2001 for drug offences including importing cannabis resin.