Gardai are probing if a prisoner beaten in his cell was attacked on the orders of the Kinahan mob, the Irish Mirror has learned.
Robert O’Connor, 34, was rushed to the Mater Hospital on Friday. He suffered a bleed to the brain when up to four men set upon him last Friday. It has been reported this morning that O'Connor has died.
Although gardai have not ruled out that the attack was ordered from outside, investigators are now probing if a Dublin assassin sought approval from a senior Kinahan member in the jail. The contract killer – who is serving a lengthy sentence – was seen speaking to the cartel enforcer in the days before the beating.
