The High Court has ordered the extradition to Lithuania of a hitman brought to Ireland by the Kinahan organised crime group five years ago to murder a rival Hutch gang member.
Imre Arakas is suspected to have acted as a mercenary and supplied guns to an organised gang involved in the murder of a Lithuanian pop star's lover.
The 64-year-old Estonian is wanted for murder but opposed his extradition to Lithuania, claiming the authorities there had "changed the narrative" in their description of the charges.
The State had written to authorities in Lithuania to clarify what exactly Arakas was wanted for in their bid to extradite him over the murder of a male there.
Mr Justice Paul Burns dismissed Arakas' objections and ordered his extradition.
The order will take effect after 15 days if he does not seek to further challenge it in court.
Arakas, whose last address was in Sopruse, Tallinn, Estonia, is 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.
The 26-year-old was shot 12 times as he drove from his Kaunas home in a Mercedes car in front of the Lithuanian pop star Vita Jakutiene, with whom he was in relationship.
Arakas was jailed by the Special Criminal Court for six years in December 2018, after he admitted to conspiring with others to murder James 'Mago' Gately in Northern Ireland between 3 and 4 April 2017.
He has completed that sentence and has been remanded in custody pending extradition to Lithuania or further proceedings.
