Hitman to be extradited to face trial over part in murder of Lithuanian pop star's lover

Imre Arakas was contracted by the Kinahan crime gang to assassinate James 'Mago' Gately and was jailed here for six years in December 2018

Imre Arakas (pictured) is wanted to face charges which include a count of murder as well as firearms and conspiracy-related charges in relation to the shooting of Deimantas Bugavicius in November 2015. File picture

Notorious international hitman Imre Arakas, who is alleged to have supplied guns to an organised gang in the murder of a Lithuanian pop star's lover, is to be surrendered to that country to face trial, the High Court ruled today.

Arakas (63), whose last address was in Sopruse, Tallinn, Estonia, is wanted to face charges which include a count of murder as well as firearms and conspiracy-related charges in relation to the shooting of Deimantas Bugavicius in November 2015.