Living on the edge catches up with the Zombie

BROKE, the subject of vicious lies he is a major drug dealer and the victim of a conspiracy to frame him that involves members of the Irish media and criminals involved in the murder of Veronica Guerin.

That’s how Tommy Savage would have us see him now. Or so it seemed in a shambling, muttering performance before a Dutch court yesterday.

Savage, a 53-year-old career criminal, has lived life on the very edge for more than 30 years. And it’s showing, according to reports from those who know him in Amsterdam.