Inquest is halted pending probe into raider’s death

AN inquest into the death of two raiders shot dead by elite gardaí was dramatically halted yesterday after the Garda Ombudsman revealed it was investigating one of the killings.

Colm Griffin, 33, of Canon Lillis Avenue, and Eric Hopkins, 24, of Lower Rutland Street, both Dublin, were gunned down by the Emergency Response Unit as they attempted to hold up Lusk post office on May 26, 2005.

Griffin was carrying a semi-automatic handgun, Hopkins was unarmed.