IRA 'threatened to kill smuggler'

IRA blackmailers threatened to kill an alleged cigarette smuggler unless he paid them £300,000, a court heard today.

IRA blackmailers threatened to kill an alleged cigarette smuggler unless he paid them £300,000 (€436,152), a court heard today.

Self-employed builder Richard O’Donnell, 56, will be sentenced next week after admitting his part in the racket.