A key associate of the Kinahan cartel has died after a short illness. The Mirror has learned that Liam Roe – named in court as a trusted ally of a Kinahan gang leader – died in a Dublin hospital on Tuesday. Sources say Roe – who is also a cousin of gangster and murderer Fat Freddie Thompson - had been suffering from an aggressive form of cancer.
It’s understood Roe, who was known as Bop, had been receiving treatment in St James’ Hospital in south central Dublin for several days – but his condition deteriorated and he lost his fight for life on Tuesday “It seems he had only been ill for a few months. It was quite sudden,” one source said. READ MORE: Liam and Noel Gallagher's local Mayo publican speaks out over Oasis reunion: 'I'm delighted they're back' READ MORE: Daniel Wiffen's twin brother Nathan left 'frustrated' following Olympic fame Roe, 44, was named in the High Court by the Criminal Assets Bureau as "involved in organised crime for most of his adult life.
” He was a target of the CAB operation in 2016 – a few weeks after the Regency Airport Hotel attack in which his cousin and Kinahan associate David Byrne (34) was shot dead by the Hutch organised crime gang. The CAB seized some €1.4 million of assets from associates of David Byrne and the High Court later upheld that action, He was once stopped at Dublin Airport with €60,000 in his check-in bag.
And when challenged, the unemployed Roe he produced a bank account which showed a balance of €294,.